---
name: "BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Environment"]
arma3_since: "1.58"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime
revid: 327149
updated: 2022-07-12T21:45:23Z
---

# BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime

*Function · Environment · Arma 3 v1.58*

## Description

Calculate sunrise and sunset time.

## Syntax

```sqf
date call BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime
```

**Parameters:**

- `date`: [Array](../topics/Array.md)  - date in format Date

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Number](../topics/Number.md) - [sunriseTime, sunsetTime]. Returns special values when the world position is behind the polar cicle: [0,-1] - polar summer (i.e., no sunset), [-1,0] - polar winter (i.e., no sunrise).

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _sunriseSunsetTime = date call BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime; // get sunrise/sunset time for the current date
```

## See also

[sunOrMoon](../commands/sunOrMoon.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc sunriseSunsetTime](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime) (revision 327149).</sub>