diff --git a/server_api.lua b/server_api.lua
index 7481064a..b6fe8b6a 100644
--- a/server_api.lua
+++ b/server_api.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@ function bot_command_players(filename)
     end
 end
 
-function bot_command_time()
-  game.print(math.floor(game.tick / 60))
+function bot_command_time(filename)
+  local s = math.floor(game.tick/60)
+  local m = math.floor(s/60)
+  local h = math.floor(m/60)
+  local d = math.floor(h/24)
+
+  s = s % 60
+  m = m % 60
+  h = h % 24
+  if d == 0 then
+    d = ""
+    if h == 0 then
+      h = ""
+      if m == 0 then
+        m = ""
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    d = string.format("%s days ", d)
+  end
+
+  if m ~= "" then m = string.format("%s minutes ", m) end
+  if h ~= "" then h = string.format("%s hours ", h) end
+    game.write_file(filename,string.format("%s%s%s%s seconds", d, h, m, s), false,0)
 end