TimerHub

How Long Until…?

Type a time — 3:30, 5pm, noon, midnight — and see exactly how many hours, minutes and seconds are left, on your own clock.

Counting down to 5 PM on your clock

Ends at 5:00 PMLive in your own time zone

How long until 5 PM

It’s 5 PM

The countdown has rolled on to tomorrow’s 5 PM.

The times people count down to

Each has a page of its own, about the moment it marks — and every other time is a box away.

How the countdown to a time works

  1. Type a time3:30, 5pm, 17:30, noon or midnight. With no am or pm it counts to whichever comes next.
  2. Watch it countHours, minutes and seconds to that time on your own clock, with the time it ends and the total in minutes.
  3. Ring, or go bigTurn on the chime for a gentle alarm when the time arrives, or press Fullscreen for a second screen or a TV.

The countdown reads your device's clock once a second instead of counting ticks, so a tab left in the background is right the moment you look at it again. When the time arrives it says so for a minute, then rolls on to the same time tomorrow.

Counting a length of time instead — 25 minutes, an hour? Use the online timer. Counting to a date, like a birthday or a holiday? Make one on Countdowns.

Questions

What happens if the time has already passed today?
It counts to the same time tomorrow. Just after a time arrives the page shows it for a minute (and chimes, if you asked it to), then rolls on to tomorrow's.
What if I don't type am or pm?
The countdown picks whichever comes first. At 2 PM, “3:30” means 3:30 this afternoon; at 4 PM it means 3:30 tomorrow morning. Add am or pm to be exact, or use a 24-hour time like 15:30.
Which time zone does it use?
Your device's. The page names the zone it's counting in, and it follows daylight saving time: on the day the clocks change it counts to the real time on the clock, not to a moment 24 hours after the last one.
Can it ring when the time arrives?
Yes. Turn on the alarm and keep the tab open: a gentle chime rings until you press Stop, and the whole screen glows. A closed tab can't ring.
Can I share a countdown to a time?
Yes. The address holds the time you typed (for example /time-until?at=17:30), so the link opens the same countdown — on each person's own clock. For one moment shared across time zones, like a call at 5 PM London time, make a countdown with a date and a time zone on Countdowns instead.
Is this the same as a timer?
Not quite: it counts to a time on the clock rather than for a length of time. To count down a length — 25 minutes, an hour — use the online timer, which also accepts “until 5:30pm”.