Overnight travel puts departures at hours nobody would choose, and a coach or a check-in at 10:20 pm is not moved by how inconvenient it is. This page counts down to that time exactly, so the last hour before leaving can be spent packing rather than doing arithmetic.
The count makes no sound and asks for no attention while it runs. It is a number, not an alarm, and nothing goes off when it reaches zero. Leaving the page open in a background tab is perfectly fine — it will carry on counting towards 10:20 pm whether or not anyone is watching it.
Matching what somebody said against what somebody wrote is easier with all three versions to hand: 10:20 pm for everyday reading, 22:20 for anything printed in railway style, and twenty past ten at night for whatever was actually spoken down the phone. All three describe precisely the same point in the day, and having them side by side saves a good deal of squinting at a timetable.
Common questions
What happens if 10:20 pm has already gone for today?
The count simply carries on towards the next occurrence, which is tomorrow. That rollover happens on its own — the page does not need reloading and there is nothing to reset by hand.
Which clock does it use?
Your own. It reads the local time and time zone from the device you are looking at, so the figure reflects where you actually are rather than a fixed zone written into the page.
Will this alert me when the time arrives?
No. It is a live number rather than an alarm — nothing rings, buzzes or notifies you at zero. If you need to be interrupted at 10:20 pm, set an alarm as well and treat this page as the running total.
Is it affected by the clocks changing?
Only in the sense that your device is. When the change between GMT and BST happens at the end of March and October, the device adjusts and the countdown follows it without anything to do here.
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