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Date & time Timers

Countdown timer

05:00

Runs in your browser · keep this tab visible

Local · monotonic clock, no drift
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Pick a length, press start, and it chimes at zero. Presets cover the common ones; the slider goes up to two hours.

How to use the countdown timer

1 Pick a preset or drag the slider to the length you want.
2 Press start. Pause and resume as often as you need — the remaining time is kept.
3 Keep the tab visible if you are relying on the chime.

The timing is read from a monotonic clock each frame rather than counted up by adding one second per interval tick. That distinction is invisible for two minutes and obvious over an hour: interval ticks are only approximately on time and their error accumulates, so a naively-built timer runs minutes late. Reading the clock directly means the display is right the instant you look at it, even after the tab has been in the background — though a backgrounded tab is throttled, so the chime itself can arrive late even when the number is correct.

Questions

No. The remaining time is calculated from a monotonic clock rather than by counting interval ticks, which is where drift comes from.

MDN — requestAnimationFrameMDN — background tab timer throttling
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