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[NEANDERTHAL]

A time-of-day indicator, similar to the one on the adv mode travel screen (with rough indications of cloud cover, moon phase, etc. if i remember properly) would be very good for newbies as it would allow awareness of when the full moon is for werebeasts, and would also improve immersion as it would provide a better sense of time and weather.
This should be placed similarly to the FPS indicator, on the main screen border and updated in real-time.
Perhaps the minimap could also update its palette and display clouds (?) similar to the travel screen.
An indication of the date and day-of-week on the main screen would improve sense of time as well.
This would encourage players to use their time more efficiently.

another note--perhaps sky color could be different from blue for high-randomness worlds? just a thought

[Shonai_Dweller]

You'd need day and night to exist in fortress mode first. Werewolves turn as soon as the day of the full moon starts regardless of whether it may be night or day (because neither exist).

But, yes, date on the front screen and weather indicator would be very nice to have.

[delphonso]

Plus, I think days are so short, a sun and a moon zipping across the screen as some sort of indicator would be kind of useless. Date displayed, though, I do think is a nice addition.

[MaxTheFox]

+1.

I think DFHack has the date indicator by default but not everyone uses it so it'd be nice to have in vanilla.

[coalboat]

It's also good to know if it's raining when you are in evil biome.