The last hour of a working day is the slowest one, and watching it pass only makes it slower. A live countdown to 3:05 pm at least turns an open-ended stretch into a number that is visibly moving, updating every second whether or not the afternoon feels like it is going anywhere at all.
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.
The Emirates keep Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4, and never move the clocks. Everything about time here follows from that: 3:05 pm in January is the same 3:05 pm in July, and the gap to London or Berlin changes twice a year because of what they do, not because of anything happening at this end.
Common questions
What is 15:05 on a 12-hour clock?
The same instant is 3:05 pm in writing and five past three in the afternoon 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 3:05 pm, not a figure worked out when the page first opened.
What happens once 3:05 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.
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