How long until midnight?
A live countdown to the next midnight on your clock, in hours, minutes and seconds. Free, and nothing leaves your device.
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Facts about midnight
- 24-hour time
- Midnight is 00:00.
- Place in the day
- The very start of the day (0 minutes after midnight). It falls at night.
- About midnight
- Midnight is the instant one calendar day ends and the next begins, so a countdown to it is also a countdown to the date changing.
Count down to another time
Need a different time? Pick any time on the countdown page.
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What you get
Live to the second
Hours, minutes and seconds until midnight update from your real clock several times a second.
Your own time zone
Counts to midnight on your own clock, not on somebody else's.
Never runs out
When midnight arrives the countdown restarts at 24 hours, ready for tomorrow.
Colour and font
Four colours and three fonts, so it is easy to read from a distance.
Full screen
Fill the screen with the countdown to midnight for a second monitor or a TV.
Private and free
Runs in your browser. No account, no upload, nothing stored.
How the countdown works
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Read the countdown
The numbers above show the hours, minutes and seconds left until your clock next reads midnight.
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Style it
Pick a colour and font that suit your screen, or go full screen to show it across the room.
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Share it
Copy the link to send someone else the same countdown to midnight. It opens in their own time zone.
When it helps
Whatever you are waiting for at midnight, a number you can glance at beats doing the subtraction in your head.
Waiting for midnight
Keep the time left until midnight in view while you work, so you are not checking the clock every few minutes.
Sharing the moment
Send the link so a group can all see the same countdown to midnight, each in their own time zone.
On a second screen
Go full screen on a spare phone, tablet or monitor and leave it counting down to midnight.
Frequently asked questions
How long until midnight?
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The counter above shows it to the second, using your device's clock. Once midnight passes it restarts and counts down to midnight tomorrow, so there is always a next one to look forward to.
What is midnight in 24-hour time?
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Midnight is 00:00 in 24-hour time, the very start of the day.
What is special about midnight?
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Midnight is the instant one calendar day ends and the next begins, so a countdown to it is also a countdown to the date changing.
Does the countdown to midnight use my time zone?
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Yes. It follows the clock on your device, so it counts down to midnight where you are. Daylight saving changes are handled by that clock.
Will it stay accurate if I leave the tab open?
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Yes. The counter recalculates from the real clock several times a second instead of counting ticks, so a background tab does not make it drift.
Count down to midnight
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