Getting the metro is really a question of leaving the building at the right minute, since the walk to the station is the part that varies from one day to the next. This page counts down to 6:01 am exactly — the moment to head out, the moment to tap in, or the moment something starts at the other end.
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.
In an office where a dozen nationalities read the same calendar invite, 24-hour notation quietly does a lot of work. 06:01 cannot be misread as the other end of the day, whereas 6:01 am depends on the reader noticing two small letters at the end of it. Both describe exactly the same moment.
Common questions
What is 06:01 on a 12-hour clock?
The same instant is 6:01 am in writing and one minutes past six in the morning 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 6:01 am, not a figure worked out when the page first opened.
What happens once 6:01 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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