MagicManICT wrote:should be given in real time. Example: time it takes a claim to dry, time to finish a curio.
that's just plain wrong.
any info about time it takes should be given in the units it was coded. Claimdries for one ingame day. Though, it already shows you remaining time until the claim is dry in real-time when you hover over your mouse pointer (so you can easily get the info about "how long is ingame day lasts", but spreading the false info among new players is what confuses new players, not game's fault in any case. When newcomers ask "how much should I wait until my wrecking ball is ready?" the correct answer would be "3 ingame days", not "roughly a day", and if newcomers then ask "and how long is ingame day" you can answer "7h18m" or "I don't really know, roughly 8hours" and in second case newcomer may get the true info about such advisers. But if you like to multiply threads like this, you can stand for "give as wrong but "real" time please".
also, don't forget that ingame time may pause due to some server issues, while real-time will go further, breaking all the measures.
tl;dr - if it is 1 day - it should be given like "1 day"
the analogue: if you're riding a car by the road through the desert and want to buy a drink and your navigator says "the closest store is exact a mile away from you" you can think "okay, it's roughly a 1.5 km, not so far". but if your lost in the desert without anything but the note: move exact one mile to East and then dig 2 ft to find exit" you better know 1 mile is 1,60934km.