Global Time does not Pause when Simulator is Paused

[BegottenPoet228]

This has been true since the first days of FS2020. None of the pause modes freeze global time (despite what the description of the keybind says.)
The PFD shows global time marching on.

It’s been a Wishlist item for a long time:

Please let us have a pause mode that actually freezes time

Currently, none of the pause mode (active pause, pause on/off, menu pause) freezes time. It just keep your aircraft in position but time ticks on. I’m thinking ahead to a point when we will be flying long haul on airliner addons and when we will be using the useful “pause at top of descent” feature many such addons provide. I would like to be able to come back a few hours later and still land the plane at it’s intended arrival time. With the current implementation of pauses, however, time will…