You need Notepad++. Download it here[notepad-plus-plus.org].

Also read up on Yoss's guide for infos about how you use it to edit levels. Click here to find his guides.

First, you need a level. Make sure you backup that level.

How to make the date show up at all:
1. Place a filler-object in the first floor of your level and save it.
2. Look up that item's IDs in the provided ID-sheets.
3.Close the game and navigate to My Games/HotlineMiami2/Levels/single/YourLevel (the level you are looking for is the most recent changed folder. Make sure to find the right level through the screen.png)
4. Open your level0.obj
5. Find the item's ID through CTRL+F.
6. Replace the sprite ID with -1 and the Object ID with 811.
7. Save and close.

Now both your date and place will be showed! But it's locked to a specific date/time and it will crash in campaigns. But how do you fix this? Well...

1. Open your levels level.hlm file.
2. NOW. READ CAREFULLY. Changes these lines to make your date/place show up and work in campaigns:
Line 15: Your hour
Line 16: Your minutes
Line 17: Your day
Line 18: Your month (see below for the IDs)
Line 19: Your year
Line 20: Your state
Line 21: Your town
3. After you are done changing the lines save and close.
4. IMPORTANT! You have to start the level through the menu, not through the level editor or else your changes will not show up!


Month-IDs:
January-0
February-1
March-2
April-3
May-4
June-5
July-6
August-7
September-8
October-9
November-10
December-11

-After you set your date, time and place the game will crash when you open the enemy-tab!

Here is a examples how it will look ingame:

For finding out how it works
₦Ǿ✖NAME®☭

For writing the guide
Lucirio (Me)

For giving me (Lucirio) the correct order for city-location
Overwatch Trooper 12

For sparking ₦Ǿ✖NAME®☭'s and mine's interest in the topic
Janja