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You can find out the time without needing a count-up timer or anything, just use get_time_real();

From the DinkC Reference: get_time_real returns the number of minutes in the day. If it was 3 pm, or 15:00, it would return 900.
Take a look here as well!

Maybe some loop to check the time, something like...

int &time;
loop:
wait(10000);
&time = get_time_real();
//480 mins = 8am, 1200 mins = 8pm
if (&time >= 480)
{
  if (&time < 1200)
  {
    //check if already day, if not change to day
    //only skip if changing to day
    goto skip;
  }
}
  //check if already night, if not change to night
skip:
goto loop;

...Ok after several edits I think that's right, it's almost 4am here