TimeManager

Introduction

TimeManager is a small Minecraft time-management plugin. It changes only the time seen by the player who uses it: other players, the actual world time, and the server’s day-night cycle continue normally.

It is useful for photographing builds or landscapes, checking a creation under different lighting, and freezing a personal view without affecting anyone else. The plugin controls player time; it is not a world-time, weather, or server-wide schedule system.

Core capabilities

• Set a personal time with /ptime set <time>.
• Freeze the current personal time with /ptime freeze, then resume it with /ptime unfreeze.
• Fully return to server time with /ptime reset, or inspect server time, personal time, and status with /ptime info.
• Supports Paper, Spigot, and Folia; the project declares Minecraft API 1.21 and Java 21.
• Keeps state in runtime memory and cleans it up when a player leaves; it does not provide database or cross-restart persistence.

Boundaries

Personal time affects only the client view of the player who runs the command. It does not change redstone, crops, mobs, server events, or the time seen by other players. A photographer can capture daylight and nighttime versions without pausing or changing the server world.

unfreeze and reset are different: the former cancels the frozen state and lets personal time advance with the server’s pace, while the latter clears the personal override and restores full synchronization. When checking permissions, administrators should use a test account without OP or extra administrative permissions.

Documentation entry

This document set has two pages: the root page covers administrator installation, first start, and configuration; Commands, time formats, and permissions covers ordinary player use and the permission nodes administrators may grant.