Can I get a clock?

[thedevilsjester]

Would it be complicated by the fact that so many people play in different time zones? So maybe the time would need to be pulled from the individual player's CPU, or it would require some timezone function to be coded in. (But I really have no idea what I'm talking about.)

It is quite easy to get whatever time the PC is currently set to. This makes it simple for developers to implement client side features like in game clocks (its no good for server side timing of course).

I'm so-so about this feature.
It's good to have but not really necessary.
I need the Dev team to focus on other matters and streamline the UI

I agree that they should focus on bigger things first, but this is quite important to me (not that I would stop playing if it didnt get implemented, I am not that fickle) but a lot of people give solutions that they use (for nice overlay clocks, or running FFXIV in a window, etc...), that will NOT be an option on the PS3 version.

Capital! Problem solved, then!

Have you read the OP? It is not about being able to see what the real world time is when you think about it. Its about having an on screen, constant reminder, of what time it is so that "time will not fly" when you are having fun.

Vote no from me. I don't want more on-screen HUD clutter. The more I can do with less, the better.

A simple toggle for the existing on screen clock to show real world vs game world time, would not clutter up the UI at all, or if it became a separate UI, a toggle switch (which we should have for all UI elements IMHO as there are a lot of clutter items that I would love to remove) would not hinder your UI at all if you choose not to have it (off by default even).

Checked with the dev. team about displaying the time in-game (aside from the manual display method, of course). They said that if there is a major call for it to be added, they'll discuss its implementation. So... is there a huge desire for this?

I very much appreciate having my request heard and passed on and hope that enough people would desire such a feature that it would make it into the client at least before the PS3 release. Even a hidden text command toggle to switch the in game clock would be nice, like /clock real and /clock game would be great.