An episode that ends around 11:07 pm tends to be followed by another one, which is roughly how a reasonable night becomes a short one. Seeing the exact time remaining, ticking down rather than sitting still, makes that decision a conscious one instead of something that just happens.
When the clock reaches 11:07 pm, the count does not sit at zero. It rolls straight over and begins again towards the same time tomorrow, on its own, without a refresh or a reset. That makes this a page worth keeping in a bookmarks bar rather than one you look at once and forget.
Twelve o'clock is where the 12-hour clock is at its weakest, since 12 am and 12 pm are read the wrong way round often enough to cause real trouble. Writing a time as 23:07 removes the problem outright, because a 24-hour figure only ever points at one moment in the day.
Common questions
What happens if 11:07 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 11:07 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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