UTC Clock

UTC clock (remodel by ToastbrotJ)

The UTC Clock is a pixel-art on MVP that shows the founding dates of the Aloic Nations - Alo Alaska and NAKU. It is located in the Northwest Territories in Canada. The creator of the piece might be Okokok7, who isn't sure if he made it. It is the 2nd oldest pixel art on MVP, after KillerAndMX's Beanish

Originally showing the current date and daytime, the pixel art was removed during an art purge in late May 2026, and rebuilt by ToastbrotJ on June 6th with a renewed design. This was when the display was changed to show the founding dates of the Aloic Nationsgd

How to read (old design)

The clock has an interface with 2 horizontal rows each consisting of 3 pairs of 2 digits. The upper row displays the date in the format of DD/MM/YY, while the lower row displays the time of day in the 24h or “military” format.

History

first screenshot of UTC clock from November 2nd 2024

The clock was created in 2024 between October 28^th and 31^st. Even though the first known screenshot only dates back to November 2^nd, the clock on it shows the date of October 31^st. This makes it the second oldest continuous pixel art on the map after the cloaked NPC.

Initially, the clock was smaller in height than today with the lower row of digits only being 3 pixels tall. This changed between December 3^rd 2024 and January 20^th 2025 when the clock was extended towards the bottom making the lower row of digits 5 pixels tall. Between June 6^th and July 27^th 2025 the artwork was slightly damaged, this was fixed by ToastbrotJ on November 14^th the same year.

The artwork was placed under protection after §3 of Alaskan Law by ToastbrotJ on September 3^rd 2025, this means that it can’t legally be altered or destroyed as long as it’s in Alaskan territory.

The building was removed by an invader in late May of 2026. On June 6th of the same year, the art piece was restored with upgraded details and shading by Toast

Precursor

In June 2023, GZFan2016 made a similar clock out of a faction art memorial, as a way to prevent it from being destroyed. It was destroyed anyway and was not recreated after the reset.

The clock also displayed the current moon phase and the progress of the day. Its exterior also featured 2 "亞" characters, since it was in Siberia, 2 flame pedestals, later changed to flame towers, and in its final itteration a gem in the middle, which were carried over from when it was a faction art.

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  First itteration as UTC clock. Displaying 3:57 PM on June 6th 2023
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  Final itteration. Displaying 4:33 PM on June 7th 2024