Are you fellow survivors really telling me that you haven't found the compass yet? And no, it's not the GPS system, there's a big, fat compass in the game, telling you where is north, like a compass does.
The sky's the limit and the clouds are my navigator ...
[Edit: too late, the secret has been revealed ]
Jan 1, 2012 was the end of the world as we know it, we woke up some 25 years later, not knowing what happened. Hence the year is currently 2038. I did at one time make a calendar to keep track of days, however with server crashes and downtimes its hard to pinpoint any exact time frame as if the server is down, the clock stops ticking. At this time though, it is currently late november - early december, and we have approximately 15 days of snow. Enjoy!
Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink.