# How can I set up a Time of Day system using code?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-set-up-a-time-of-day-system-using-code/283055>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Lighting, CPP, question\
**Created:** [May 11, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-set-up-a-time-of-day-system-using-code/283055 "2014-05-11T09:41:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dartanlla](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/dartanlla/32/724052_2.png) [@Dartanlla](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Dartanlla)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-set-up-a-time-of-day-system-using-code/283055/2 "2014-05-12T03:20:53Z")

</div>

I haven’t tried this yet in my game, but I am getting close to needing to do it. Here is the information I found. The class you are looking for is ALevelScriptActor. This is what the level blueprint inherits from. You can find more information and a tutorial on how to do this here:

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
>
> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official...

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-set-up-a-time-of-day-system-using-code/283055)._