How to use the online alarm clock
While getting ready to collect your child from the school nursery class, set the alarm for 2:34 pm before shoes, keys or paperwork distract you. It gives you a clear cue to finish what you are doing and leave with enough time for the school gate routine. If another commitment follows, 3:00 pm also provides a useful reference point for planning the journey home.
Once the collection time is set, leave this page in the foreground if possible. Browsers can reduce activity on a tab sent into the background, particularly when the phone is conserving power, so check that the alarm remains visible and the volume is audible. Do not depend on this alarm for collecting your child if the browser has been closed or the phone has gone to sleep, because the sound may never play.
For a midday school run, notice how the light falls across the screen before setting the phone down. Bright window glare can make the alarm display difficult to check at a glance, while a dim corner may encourage you to overlook it among other objects. Position the screen away from direct sunlight and choose a place where its display remains easy to see at 2:34 pm.
Common questions
Can I change the sound?
Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.
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.
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