How to use the online alarm clock
Getting ready early for a pub quiz means 7:55 pm can be your cue to gather your coat, check the venue details and make sure your teammates know you are on the way. Setting the alarm now gives you a clear prompt before 8:00 pm, without relying on a hurried glance at the clock while you finish getting organised.
Your quiz plans depend on hearing the alert, so test the selected sound before leaving the alarm to run. A quick check reveals whether the volume is too low, the browser lacks permission to play audio or the tone is easy to miss. Leave the page running and prevent the phone or laptop from going to sleep: if you close the tab or the device sleeps, no alarm will sound and the pub quiz could begin without you.
Allow a little space after the alert rather than treating 7:55 pm as the latest possible moment to move. Evening buses can be less frequent, and a busy pub may take time to reach from the entrance. Keeping a small buffer before the quiz also leaves room to find your team, get settled and deal with a delayed journey without pushing the rest of tonight’s plans back.
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 7:55 pm?
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.
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