diff --git a/src/components/Options.vue b/src/components/Options.vue
index cc9ba7e..054d08e 100644
--- a/src/components/Options.vue
+++ b/src/components/Options.vue
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
         </template>
         <template v-slot:body>
             <div v-if="isTab('behaviour')">
+                <Select :title="ignoreDateTitle" :options="ignoreDateOptions" v-model="ignoreDate" />
+                <Toggle v-if="projInfo.enablePausing" :title="isPausedTitle" v-model="isPaused" />
                 <div v-if="canAutoSave">
                     <Toggle :title="autosaveTitle" v-model="autosave" />
                     <FeedbackButton v-if="!autosave" class="button save-button" @click="save()">
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@
                 <div style="text-align: center" v-else>
                     Auto-saving is disabled while between days
                 </div>
-                <Toggle v-if="projInfo.enablePausing" :title="isPausedTitle" v-model="isPaused" />
             </div>
             <div v-if="isTab('appearance')">
                 <Select :title="themeTitle" :options="themes" v-model="theme" />
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import projInfo from "data/projInfo.json";
 import rawThemes from "data/themes";
 import { jsx } from "features/feature";
 import Tooltip from "features/tooltips/Tooltip.vue";
-import player from "game/player";
+import player, { IgnoreDateSettings } from "game/player";
 import settings, { settingFields } from "game/settings";
 import { camelToTitle } from "util/common";
 import { save } from "util/save";
@@ -80,13 +81,19 @@ const themes = Object.keys(rawThemes).map(theme => ({
     value: theme
 }));
 
+const ignoreDateOptions = [
+    { label: "Don't Ignore", value: IgnoreDateSettings.AsIntended },
+    { label: "Ignore Month", value: IgnoreDateSettings.IgnoreMonth },
+    { label: "Ignore Month and Day", value: IgnoreDateSettings.IgnoreDay }
+];
+
 const settingFieldsComponent = computed(() => {
     return coerceComponent(jsx(() => (<>{settingFields.map(render)}</>)));
 });
 
 const { showTPS, theme, usingLog, alignUnits } = toRefs(settings);
 
-const { autosave, autoPause } = toRefs(player);
+const { autosave, autoPause, ignoreDate } = toRefs(player);
 
 const isPaused = computed({
     get() {
@@ -107,6 +114,12 @@ const autosaveTitle = jsx(() => (
         <desc>Automatically save the game every second or when the game is closed.</desc>
     </span>
 ));
+const ignoreDateTitle = jsx(() => (
+    <span class="option-title">
+        Ignore Date<Tooltip display="Save-specific">*</Tooltip>
+        <desc>Allow playing the game not as an advent calendar</desc>
+    </span>
+));
 const isPausedTitle = jsx(() => (
     <span class="option-title">
         Pause game<Tooltip display="Save-specific">*</Tooltip>
diff --git a/src/data/Day.vue b/src/data/Day.vue
index e47cb60..ba105c4 100644
--- a/src/data/Day.vue
+++ b/src/data/Day.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import Notif from "components/Notif.vue";
 import { Visibility } from "features/feature";
 import Tooltip from "features/tooltips/Tooltip.vue";
 import { layers } from "game/layers";
+import player, { IgnoreDateSettings } from "game/player";
 import Decimal from "util/bignum";
 import { formatTime } from "util/break_eternity";
 import { Direction } from "util/common";
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ const canOpen = computed(
     () =>
         props.layer != null &&
         Decimal.gte(main.day.value, props.day) &&
-        new Date().getMonth() === 11 &&
-        new Date().getDate() >= props.day
+        (new Date().getMonth() === 10 || player.ignoreDate !== IgnoreDateSettings.AsIntended) &&
+        (new Date().getDate() >= props.day || player.ignoreDate === IgnoreDateSettings.IgnoreDay)
 );
 
 const isMastering = main.isMastery;
diff --git a/src/data/projEntry.tsx b/src/data/projEntry.tsx
index 77fa994..99b359e 100644
--- a/src/data/projEntry.tsx
+++ b/src/data/projEntry.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { createParticles } from "features/particles/particles";
 import { BaseLayer, createLayer, GenericLayer, layers } from "game/layers";
 import { isPersistent, Persistent, persistent } from "game/persistence";
-import type { PlayerData } from "game/player";
+import { IgnoreDateSettings, PlayerData } from "game/player";
 import player from "game/player";
 import { format, formatTime } from "util/bignum";
 import { Computable, convertComputable, ProcessedComputable } from "util/computed";
@@ -86,9 +86,15 @@ export const main = createLayer("main", function (this: BaseLayer) {
     const day = persistent<number>(1);
     const hasWon = persistent<boolean>(false);
 
-    const timeUntilNewDay = computed(
-        () => (+new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), 11, day.value) - player.time) / 1000
-    );
+    const timeUntilNewDay = computed(() => {
+        if (player.ignoreDate === IgnoreDateSettings.IgnoreDay) {
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            const month =
+                player.ignoreDate === IgnoreDateSettings.IgnoreMonth ? new Date().getMonth() : 11;
+            return (+new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), month, day.value) - player.time) / 1000;
+        }
+    });
 
     const showLoreModal = ref<boolean>(false);
     const loreScene = ref<number>(-1);
diff --git a/src/game/player.ts b/src/game/player.ts
index 3280caf..2547702 100644
--- a/src/game/player.ts
+++ b/src/game/player.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ import { reactive, unref } from "vue";
 import type { Ref } from "vue";
 import transientState from "./state";
 
+export enum IgnoreDateSettings {
+    AsIntended,
+    IgnoreMonth,
+    IgnoreDay
+}
+
 /** The player save data object. */
 export interface PlayerData {
     /** The ID of this save. */
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ export interface PlayerData {
 
     /** Should the game be paused when the player complete a day? */
     autoPause: boolean;
+    ignoreDate: IgnoreDateSettings;
 }
 
 /** The proxied player that is used to track NaN values. */
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ const state = reactive<PlayerData>({
     modID: "",
     modVersion: "",
     layers: {},
+    ignoreDate: IgnoreDateSettings.AsIntended,
 
     autoPause: true
 });