Set the alarm clock for 10:14 am

Leave this tab open — the alarm only rings while the tab stays open.

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You can also try the other alarm clocks

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Going to bed for a 10:14 am alarm

Asleep by 12:59 am — 6 full sleep cycles, about 9 hours
Asleep by 2:29 am — 5 full sleep cycles, about 7 hours
Asleep by 3:59 am — 4 full sleep cycles, about 6 hours

A sleep cycle runs about 90 minutes, and most people take around 15 minutes to drop off. Waking at the end of a cycle feels easier than waking in the middle of one.

10:14 am across the country

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Belfast	10:14 am

Times are worked out live in your browser, so daylight saving is already accounted for.

How to use the online alarm clock

Halfway through bagging branches and grass cuttings, you need something that will pull you away from the job at 10:14 am. An alarm for that time can mark the moment to stop loading the car, wash your hands and get ready to take the garden waste to the council recycling centre. It also leaves 46 minutes before 11:00 am, enough for a final sweep of the path without letting the task absorb the rest of the morning.

While the sacks and tools are still being sorted, keep the alarm page open and the computer or phone awake. If you close the page or leave the browser, the alarm will not sound, so the garden waste trip could slip past its planned departure. Check that the volume is audible before returning to the work, then leave the page running where an accidental tap is unlikely to dismiss it.

By 10:14 am, the earlier rush of commuters and school traffic may have eased, but garden machinery, passing vans and activity around a recycling centre can still mask a quiet alert. Keep the phone nearby rather than under a coat or inside the car, and choose a volume that can be heard above sweeping, clipping and moving bags. Once the alarm sounds, pause noisy equipment before checking it.

Common questions

Will it still be right when the clocks change?

Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.

Can I use this on a phone?

It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.

Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?

No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.

What happens if my laptop goes to sleep before 10:14 am?

The tab sleeps along with it and the alarm will not sound on time, if at all. If you are relying on it, change the power settings so the machine stays awake, or keep a phone alarm running as well.