Sport from the far side of the world lands here before sunrise, which is how a cricket session or a late kick-off from the Americas ends up on a weekday morning. This page counts down to 12:40 am against your own device's clock, so the wait to first ball or first whistle is a number rather than a rough idea.
If 12:40 am has already gone today, the count simply carries on towards tomorrow's occurrence. That rollover happens by itself at the moment the time passes, with nothing to reset and no need to reload, so a page left open overnight is still showing something useful in the morning.
Airport boards, metro timetables and prayer time tables are all printed in 24-hour form, which is why 00:40 is the version that matters when checking something against a screen or a printed sheet. This page shows 12:40 am for everyday reading and 00:40 beside it, so the two never need converting in your head.
Common questions
What is 00:40 on a 12-hour clock?
The same instant is 12:40 am in writing and twenty to one at night out loud. Anything from 13:00 onwards loses twelve to give the pm figure, which is the only sum involved in moving between the two.
Does the number update by itself?
Yes. It is recalculated every second from your device's clock, so nothing needs refreshing or restarting. Whatever is on screen is the current gap to 12:40 am, not a figure worked out when the page first opened.
What happens once 12:40 am 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.
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