diff --git a/common/database.cpp b/common/database.cpp
index 475b48258..b8ea025ae 100644
--- a/common/database.cpp
+++ b/common/database.cpp
@@ -2182,3 +2182,42 @@ void Database::ClearInvSnapshots(bool use_rule)
 	std::string query = StringFormat("DELETE FROM inventory_snapshots WHERE time_index <= %lu", (unsigned long)del_time);
 	QueryDatabase(query);
 }
+
+struct TimeOfDay_Struct Database::LoadTime(time_t &realtime)
+{
+
+	TimeOfDay_Struct eqTime;
+	std::string query = StringFormat("SELECT minute,hour,day,month,year,realtime FROM eqtime limit 1");
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	if (!results.Success() || results.RowCount() == 0)
+	{
+		Log.Out(Logs::Detail, Logs::World_Server, "Loading EQ time of day failed. Using defaults.");
+		eqTime.minute = 0;
+		eqTime.hour = 9;
+		eqTime.day = 1;
+		eqTime.month = 1;
+		eqTime.year = 3100;
+		realtime = time(0);
+	}
+
+	auto row = results.begin();
+
+	eqTime.minute = atoi(row[0]);
+	eqTime.hour = atoi(row[1]);
+	eqTime.day = atoi(row[2]);
+	eqTime.month = atoi(row[3]);
+	eqTime.year = atoi(row[4]);
+	realtime = atoi(row[5]);
+
+	return eqTime;
+}
+
+bool Database::SaveTime(int8 minute, int8 hour, int8 day, int8 month, int16 year)
+{
+	std::string query = StringFormat("UPDATE eqtime set minute = %d, hour = %d, day = %d, month = %d, year = %d, realtime = %d limit 1", minute, hour, day, month, year, time(0));
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
+	return results.Success();
+
+}
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diff --git a/common/database.h b/common/database.h
index f066cb417..02110b9a6 100644
--- a/common/database.h
+++ b/common/database.h
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ public:
 	uint8	GetSkillCap(uint8 skillid, uint8 in_race, uint8 in_class, uint16 in_level);
 
 	void	AddReport(std::string who, std::string against, std::string lines);
+	struct TimeOfDay_Struct		LoadTime(time_t &realtime);
+	bool	SaveTime(int8 minute, int8 hour, int8 day, int8 month, int16 year);
 	void	ClearMerchantTemp();
 	void	ClearPTimers(uint32 charid);
 	void	SetFirstLogon(uint32 CharID, uint8 firstlogon);
diff --git a/common/eqemu_config.cpp b/common/eqemu_config.cpp
index 6e1400904..fb295cec1 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_config.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_config.cpp
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ void EQEmuConfig::do_files(TiXmlElement *ele)
 	if (text) {
 		OpCodesFile = text;
 	}
-	text = ParseTextBlock(ele, "eqtime", true);
-	if (text) {
-		EQTimeFile = text;
-	}
 }
 
 void EQEmuConfig::do_directories(TiXmlElement *ele)
@@ -408,9 +404,6 @@ std::string EQEmuConfig::GetByName(const std::string &var_name) const
 	if (var_name == "OpCodesFile") {
 		return (OpCodesFile);
 	}
-	if (var_name == "EQTimeFile") {
-		return (EQTimeFile);
-	}
 	if (var_name == "MapDir") {
 		return (MapDir);
 	}
@@ -475,7 +468,6 @@ void EQEmuConfig::Dump() const
 	std::cout << "QSDatabasePort = " << QSDatabasePort << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "SpellsFile = " << SpellsFile << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "OpCodesFile = " << OpCodesFile << std::endl;
-	std::cout << "EQTimeFile = " << EQTimeFile << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "MapDir = " << MapDir << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "QuestDir = " << QuestDir << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "PluginDir = " << PluginDir << std::endl;
diff --git a/common/eqemu_config.h b/common/eqemu_config.h
index 1ad2174dc..039b6c327 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_config.h
+++ b/common/eqemu_config.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class EQEmuConfig : public XMLParser
 		// From <files/>
 		std::string SpellsFile;
 		std::string OpCodesFile;
-		std::string EQTimeFile;
 
 		// From <directories/>
 		std::string MapDir;
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ class EQEmuConfig : public XMLParser
 			// Files
 			SpellsFile = "spells_us.txt";
 			OpCodesFile = "opcodes.conf";
-			EQTimeFile = "eqtime.cfg";
 			// Dirs
 			MapDir = "Maps";
 			QuestDir = "quests";
diff --git a/common/eqtime.cpp b/common/eqtime.cpp
index e504964b8..8ece4ad69 100644
--- a/common/eqtime.cpp
+++ b/common/eqtime.cpp
@@ -133,72 +133,6 @@ int EQTime::SetCurrentEQTimeOfDay(TimeOfDay_Struct start_eq, time_t start_real)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-//saveFile and loadFile need to use long for the save datatype...
-//For some reason, ifstream/ofstream have problems with EQEmu datatypes in files.
-bool EQTime::saveFile(const char *filename)
-{
-	std::ofstream of;
-	of.open(filename);
-	if (!of)
-	{
-		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::Error, "EQTime::saveFile failed: Unable to open file '%s'", filename);
-		return false;
-	}
-	//Enable for debugging
-	of << EQT_VERSION << std::endl;
-	of << (long)eqTime.start_eqtime.day << std::endl;
-	of << (long)eqTime.start_eqtime.hour << std::endl;
-	of << (long)eqTime.start_eqtime.minute << std::endl;
-	of << (long)eqTime.start_eqtime.month << std::endl;
-	of << eqTime.start_eqtime.year << std::endl;
-	of << eqTime.start_realtime << std::endl;
-	of.close();
-	return true;
-}
-
-bool EQTime::loadFile(const char *filename)
-{
-	int version=0;
-	long in_data=0;
-	std::ifstream in;
-	in.open(filename);
-	if(!in)
-	{
-		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::Error, "Could not load EQTime file %s", filename);
-		return false;
-	}
-	in >> version;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	if(version != EQT_VERSION)
-	{
-		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::Error, "'%s' is NOT a valid EQTime file. File version is %i, EQTime version is %i", filename, version, EQT_VERSION);
-		return false;
-	}
-	//in >> eqTime.start_eqtime.day;
-	in >> in_data;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	eqTime.start_eqtime.day = in_data;
-	//in >> eqTime.start_eqtime.hour;
-	in >> in_data;
-	eqTime.start_eqtime.hour = in_data;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	//in >> eqTime.start_eqtime.minute;
-	in >> in_data;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	eqTime.start_eqtime.minute = in_data;
-	//in >> eqTime.start_eqtime.month;
-	in >> in_data;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	eqTime.start_eqtime.month = in_data;
-	in >> eqTime.start_eqtime.year;
-	in.ignore(80, '\n');
-	in >> eqTime.start_realtime;
-	//Enable for debugging...
-	in.close();
-	return true;
-}
-
-
 bool EQTime::IsTimeBefore(TimeOfDay_Struct *base, TimeOfDay_Struct *test) {
 	if (base->year > test->year)
 		return(true);
diff --git a/common/eqtime.h b/common/eqtime.h
index aeda9f0f6..f40b855f6 100644
--- a/common/eqtime.h
+++ b/common/eqtime.h
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ public:
 
 	static void ToString(TimeOfDay_Struct *t, std::string &str);
 
-	//Database functions
-	//bool loadDB(Database q);
-	//bool setDB(Database q);
-	bool loadFile(const char *filename);
-	bool saveFile(const char *filename);
-
 private:
 	//This is our reference clock.
 	eqTimeOfDay eqTime;
diff --git a/utils/sql/git/required/2015_12_17_eqtime.sql b/utils/sql/git/required/2015_12_17_eqtime.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c264edf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/sql/git/required/2015_12_17_eqtime.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `eqtime`;
+CREATE TABLE `eqtime` (
+  `minute` tinyint(4) not null default 0,
+  `hour` tinyint(4) not null default 0,
+  `day` tinyint(4) not null default 0,
+  `month` tinyint(4) not null default 0,
+  `year` int(4) not null default 0,
+  `realtime` int(11) not null default 0
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+INSERT INTO eqtime values (0,1,28,12,3766,1444035661);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/world/net.cpp b/world/net.cpp
index d7669ce12..b5c29fecb 100644
--- a/world/net.cpp
+++ b/world/net.cpp
@@ -345,8 +345,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		database.ClearMerchantTemp();
 	}
 	Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server, "Loading EQ time of day..");
-	if (!zoneserver_list.worldclock.loadFile(Config->EQTimeFile.c_str()))
-		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server, "Unable to load %s", Config->EQTimeFile.c_str());
+	TimeOfDay_Struct eqTime;
+	time_t realtime;
+	eqTime = database.LoadTime(realtime);
+	zoneserver_list.worldclock.SetCurrentEQTimeOfDay(eqTime, realtime);
+	
 	Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server, "Loading launcher list..");
 	launcher_list.LoadList();
 
@@ -519,8 +522,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 void CatchSignal(int sig_num) {
 	Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server,"Caught signal %d",sig_num);
-	if(zoneserver_list.worldclock.saveFile(WorldConfig::get()->EQTimeFile.c_str())==false)
-		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server,"Failed to save time file.");
+	TimeOfDay_Struct eqTime;
+	zoneserver_list.worldclock.GetCurrentEQTimeOfDay(time(0), &eqTime);
+	if (!database.SaveTime(eqTime.minute, eqTime.hour, eqTime.day, eqTime.month, eqTime.year))
+		Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::World_Server, "Failed to save eqtime.");
 	RunLoops = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/world/zoneserver.cpp b/world/zoneserver.cpp
index f6447f3f4..580053a3b 100644
--- a/world/zoneserver.cpp
+++ b/world/zoneserver.cpp
@@ -989,8 +989,8 @@ bool ZoneServer::Process() {
 				Log.Out(Logs::Detail, Logs::World_Server,"Received SetWorldTime");
 				eqTimeOfDay* newtime = (eqTimeOfDay*) pack->pBuffer;
 				zoneserver_list.worldclock.SetCurrentEQTimeOfDay(newtime->start_eqtime, newtime->start_realtime);
-				Log.Out(Logs::Detail, Logs::World_Server,"New time = %d-%d-%d %d:%d (%d)\n", newtime->start_eqtime.year, newtime->start_eqtime.month, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.day, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.hour, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.minute, (int)newtime->start_realtime);
-				zoneserver_list.worldclock.saveFile(WorldConfig::get()->EQTimeFile.c_str());
+				Log.Out(Logs::Detail, Logs::World_Server, "New time = %d-%d-%d %d:%d (%d)\n", newtime->start_eqtime.year, newtime->start_eqtime.month, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.day, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.hour, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.minute, (int)newtime->start_realtime);
+				database.SaveTime((int)newtime->start_eqtime.minute, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.hour, (int)newtime->start_eqtime.day, newtime->start_eqtime.month, newtime->start_eqtime.year);
 				zoneserver_list.SendTimeSync();
 				break;
 			}