Errands at this time of day get squeezed between other things, and the useful question is not what time it is but how much of the middle of the day is genuinely left. This page answers that against 12:16 pm exactly, updating on its own for as long as it stays open on the screen.
The figure on this page comes from your own device's clock, checked continuously and recalculated every second against 12:16 pm. There is nothing to press and nothing to set up first — the count is already running by the time the page has finished loading, and it keeps going while you are looking at it.
Between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October the country runs on BST rather than GMT, which is why timetables and confirmations sometimes carry the label as well as the number. This page counts down to 12:16 pm using whatever your device is currently set to, so the switch is handled for you.
Common questions
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 12:16 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.
What is 12:16 in the 12-hour clock?
That is 12:16 pm, or sixteen minutes past twelve in the afternoon if you are saying it aloud. From 13:00 onwards, subtracting twelve gives the pm figure — the same moment written three different ways.
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