Courts and pitches are booked by the hour and the hour begins whether or not you have arrived, with the drive across town being the part that gets underestimated. This page counts down to 6:28 pm exactly, so the decision about when to leave rests on a number rather than on optimism about the traffic.
Accuracy comes from the device rather than from the page, so a machine whose clock has drifted will produce a countdown that drifts with it. Most phones and laptops sync automatically over the network and stay within a second, but it is worth a glance if the figure ever looks wrong.
The Emirates keep Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4, and never move the clocks. Everything about time here follows from that: 6:28 pm in January is the same 6:28 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
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 6:28 pm, not a figure worked out when the page first opened.
What happens once 6:28 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 6:28 pm arrives?
No. This is a live figure rather than an alarm — nothing sounds, vibrates or notifies at zero. If you need interrupting at 6:28 pm, set an alarm alongside it and use this page as the running total.
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