After-school clubs, swimming lessons and training all start at a set time, and the moment that actually matters is when you need to be in the car rather than when the session begins. Set that as 2:59 pm and this page will track the exact wait, right down to the second.
When the clock reaches 2:59 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.
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 2:59 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 2:59 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 14:59 in the 12-hour clock?
That is 2:59 pm, or one minutes to three 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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