The settings
- Day Length (DayLength): 15 minutes up to 23 hours per in-game day, or Real-time.
- Start Month and Start Day: July 9 by default. A winter start is a common challenge.
- Start Time: 9 AM by default.
- Night Length and Night Darkness.
- Day Night Cycle: Normal, Endless Day or Endless Night.
- Time Since Apo: start months after the outbreak, with more erosion and spoiled food.
Time when nobody plays
Pause Empty in Server Settings stops game time while no one is online, so the world doesn't age between sessions.
Sleeping
Sleep Allowed and Sleep Needed in Server Settings decide whether players sleep, and Fast Forward Multiplier how fast time passes while they do.
Questions
Can I change day length on an existing world?
Yes. Change it and restart; the world keeps its date.