Meeting somebody off a late arrival means leaving well before the aircraft is down, and the terminal is further out than it looks on a map. This page counts down to 10:20 pm exactly, whether 10:20 pm is the landing time itself or the moment you need to be pulling out onto the road.
The clock it uses is your own — whatever local time and zone the device is set to. In the Emirates that means Gulf Standard Time, four hours ahead of UTC, year in and year out. Travel with the same laptop and the count follows the new local time once the machine has picked it up.
Having all three forms in front of you saves a good deal of squinting: 10:20 pm for everyday reading, 22:20 for anything printed in timetable style, and twenty past ten at night for whatever was actually said down the phone. They are three ways of writing one instant, and mixing them up is easier than it sounds.
Common questions
What happens once 10:20 pm has passed for today?
The count rolls over and carries on towards the same time tomorrow. That happens on its own at the moment the time passes — the page does not need reloading and there is nothing to reset by hand.
Which clock does the countdown use?
Your own. It reads the local time and time zone from the device in front of you, which in the Emirates means Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4. Travel and the count follows whatever the device picks up.
Will it alert me when 10:20 pm arrives?
No. This is a live figure rather than an alarm — nothing sounds, vibrates or notifies at zero. If you need interrupting at 10:20 pm, set an alarm alongside it and use this page as the running total.
Do the clocks change here?
No. The UAE has no daylight saving at all, so the offset stays at UTC+4 in every month. When the gap to Europe or North America shifts, it is their clocks that moved, not yours.
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