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'''Time''' is a feature of all ''[[The Sims series|The Sims]]'' games except ''[[The Sims Social]]''. In general, there is a 12 or 24 hour clock, three speed settings ('''Normal''', '''Fast''' and '''Ultra'''), and a Pause button which stops the clock. Some games allow the player to switch between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. In 1x speed, 1 day in is 24 minutes, one week is 2.8 hours and one year is 11.2 hours.
==The Sims==
In ''[[The Sims]]'', time is fairly simple. [[Bill]]s come every three days, but that is the only cycle; there are no days of the week. [[Sim]]s go to [[work]] or [[school]] every day, unless the player prevents them from going. One Sim minute is approximately one real life second, and the player can speed up time to skip through lengthy interactions or to quickly pass long stretches of time. The game will automatically switch to Ultra speed when there are no controllable Sims on the lot, or when all Sims on the lot are asleep.
When Sims first move onto a residential lot, the time will always be 7:00 AM. Time only passes on a [[residential lot]] when it is being played, so each household has its own time. When Sims visit a [[community lot]], time on their home lot stops, so Sims can spend hours or even days on community lots and return home shortly after they left.
Inviting Sims at or after midnight will always cause them to refuse regardless of [[relationship]] level; the exception to this is ''The Urbz: Sims in the City''.
In [[The Sims (console)|''The Sims'' for consoles]] and Free Play mode in ''[[The Sims Bustin' Out]]'', time works the same as in ''The Sims''. However, when playing ''Bustin' Out'' in Bust Out mode, time passes on all [[lots]] as it does in ''The Urbz: Sims in the City''.
When speeding up time, sounds do not get pitched up.
==The Sims Bustin' Out for Handheld==
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Time affects when the buildings can be entered, when Mini-games can be played, and where a Sim would be at. It is the first game to record the days that have passed, which was later added in ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval''. Many areas in ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' change music between day and night though some areas such as the Jail and the Pizzeria don't change music between time periods.
==The Urbz: Sims in the City==
===PS2, Xbox and GameCube===
Time in ''[[The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'' is the same as the other ''The Sims'' games, except that time passes for the entire city regardless of which Urb the player is playing as. This was later seen in ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval''.
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The game also keeps track of how many days has passed. A majority of areas in ''The Urbz: Sims in the City'' have different music at day and night though some areas such as the King Tower, Jail and Club Xizzle do not change music.
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When Sims first move onto a residential lot, the time will be 8:00 AM on Monday. When a household moves into a previously occupied home, the time will be 8:00 AM, but the day of the week ''may'' be what it was when the previous occupants moved out. If it is not, it will be Monday. If ''The Sims 2: Seasons'' is installed, it will be the last day of
As in ''The Sims'', trying to invite Sims after midnight will always cause them to refuse regardless of relationship level. Also, time only passes on a residential lot when it is being played, and time on a Sim's home lot stops when he or she visits a community lot. Time continuity on community lots is only featured in the vacation community lots in ''[[The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]]''. Time actually passes when Sims return to their home base lot from vacation community lots.
Much like ''The Sims'', the player can speed up the clock in order to pass long stretches of time, and time will automatically speed up when there are no Sims on the lot or when all Sims are asleep. Speeding up time will also increase the speed and pitch of sound effects and the voices of Sims in-game, but will not affect sounds from the UI, [[TV]], or [[stereo]].
In college sub-neighborhoods, time on lots works much as it does in ''The Sims''; there are no days of the week, and bills come every three days. However, there is an additional time scale; a playable Sim's time on campus is split into 8 72-hour semesters, plus a post-graduate period that can last up to 72 hours. The timer that keeps track of this does not stop when a Sim travels to a college community lot, although time on the Sim's home lot does stop. However, a Sim's semester timer will stop if he or she travels to a community lot outside the college sub-neighborhood. Also, a Sim's semester timer only runs while he or she is selectable; it does not run for young adult [[townie]]s or for playable Sims who are visiting a lot.
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In ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons]]'', there are four seasons, each of which lasts five days. As with other aspects of time in ''The Sims 2'', each residential lot has its own seasonal progression. It may be summer on one lot and winter on the lot next door.
In ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life]]'', [[witch]]es can freeze time by casting the '''Tempus Interruptus''' [[Spells (The Sims 2: Apartment Life)|spell]]. Once it's casted, everyone on the lot except witches and their [[spectral cat]]s will stop what they're doing and will react in terror and confusion to the phenomenon before freezing. [[Pet]]s, [[toddler]]s and [[baby|babies]] will pass out and all [[Servo]]s will be powered down. Visitors, service NPCs, and vehicles will be unable to spawn and electrical appliances will not be usable. The spell will wear off after three hours or when a witch dispels it, after which everyone will return to normal. Servos will need to be powered back on manually, however.
▲When Sims first move onto a residential lot, the time will be 8:00 AM on Monday. When a household moves into a previously occupied home, the time will be 8:00 AM, but the day of the week ''may'' be what it was when the previous occupants moved out. If it is not, it will be Monday. If ''The Sims 2: Seasons'' is installed, it will be the last day of summer when Sims first move onto a residential lot. When a household moves out of a lot, the seasonal progression will stop, and will resume when a new household moves in.
In ''Castaway Stories'', instead of the normal 12 or 24 hour clock, there are 8 orbs, with each one representing 3 hours. Daylight lasts 15 hours (5 orbs), while night lasts 9 hours (3 orbs).
The Sims 2 is the only game that do not capitalize AM/PM.
==The Sims 2 console games==
''The Sims 2'' console games are different from ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims Stories''. Most of them (Except Pets) are the same as ''The Urbz'' and ''The Sims''.
===[[The Sims 2 (console)|The Sims 2]]===▼
Except for the ''[[The Sims 2 (PSP)|PSP]]'' version, there are no weeks, as there are in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims Stories''. Time is similar to previous games, although this varies by version.
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The ability to control time in two-player mode, which was removed in ''The Urbz'', is restored. While either player can pause the game, game time will only be sped up while both players are holding the appropriate control (R, RT or R1).
====GBA====
The GBA version is same as ''The Urbz'' but since it uses episodes rather than being an open world as ''Bustin' Out'' and ''The Urbz'' did, Time is not the same between episodes. In most episodes, the time starts at 10:00 AM.
====DS====
Like ''[[The Sims FreePlay]]'', it uses the real time feature which runs off the DS clock. Unlike ''FreePlay'', it does not use the week feature making this similar to [[The Urbz: Sims in the City (Nintendo DS)|its predecessor]].
====PSP====
Unlike the other versions of the game, the PSP version uses the week feature which is the first console game to truly use weeks.
''Pets'' adds the week feature which was introduced in ''The Sims 2'' and The Sims Stories. This is also the first non-handheld console game to implement weeks.
As in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims Stories'', time only passes on a residential lot when it is being played, and time on a Sim's home lot stops when he or she visits the Town Square.
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As in most console games based on ''The Sims 2'', there are no weeks in ''Castaway''. Whenever a Sim goes to a different area, a short amount of time, usually 15 minutes, will pass. Time is measured by where the sun or moon is in the sky on a small graphic found next to the Sim's icon. When it is daylight, the sun will be used and the background will be light blue. When it is nighttime, the moon will be used and the background will be dark blue. The sun/moon moves gradually across the mini-sky to show what point in the day it is.
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''The
Whenever a game is started in ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval'', the first day is Sunday and it will be Week 1, Day 1. Furthermore, if ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons]]'' is installed, it will also be the first day of summer.
In ''[[World Adventures]]'',
''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval'' keep track of days since the town was started. Mousing over the time will show how many days have passed since the town was started.
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Time works like ''The Sims 3'' but there is some differences. Time pauses at the home lot whenever a Sim goes to a Community Lot and this version does not record days.
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Time works as its PC counterpart but time only speeds up when the Sim is sleeping and cannot stop time. ''Ambitions
In ''[[The Sims 4]]'', time passes in all worlds. Like in ''The Sims 3'', all Sims in every world share the same time regardless of which household is currently being played. Bills are delivered once per week.
Time functions similarly to previous games, with a few notable differences. For example, if there are no controllable Sims on the lot or if all Sims are asleep, time will pass at a very fast speed that is not available to the player under normal circumstances, rather than at Ultra speed.{{confirm}} Like previous games, sounds will increase in speed and pitch when time is sped up, including music from stereos and images on television screens. These effects can be disabled in the game settings.
There is a known bug where returning to normal speed after switching to ultra speed causes the game's clock to go out of sync with the simulation. This frequently occurs if ran on a low end computer.
Whenever a new household is started in a brand new save file, the first day is Sunday and the time starts at 8:00 AM.
==The Sims FreePlay==
In ''[[The Sims FreePlay]]'', time is not controllable (players can't speed up). Instead, the time in there is based on real time. For example, if the player's local is 9:00 AM, the time in the game will also be 9:00 AM. This also applies to days and weeks.
==Time of day==
In ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'' day will transition instantly into night without a visible sunset or sunrise. In ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims 4'', the times for sunset and sunrise vary between worlds.
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!Morning
|Night▼
!Evening
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|6:00
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|4:00
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|17:00 — 19:59
|20:00 — 5:59
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|7:00 — 7:59
|8:00 — 17:59
|18:00 — 18:59
|19:00 — 6:59
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!''[[The Sims 2]]'' <small>(PSP)</small>
|6:00
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|18:00 — 21:59
|22:00 — 5:59
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!''[[The Sims 3]]''
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|18:00 — 20:59
|21:00 — 5:59
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|10:00 — 17:59
|18:00 — 20:59
|21:00 — 5:59
▲|The Sims 2 GBA
▲|The Sims 2 DS
▲|6.00 AM to 9:59 PM
▲|6:00 AM to 5:59 PM
▲|6:00 PM to 5:59 AM
▲|The Sims 4
▲|6:00 AM to 8:59 PM
▲|9:00 PM to 5:59 AM
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