Prime-time television across Australian free-to-air channels tends to build towards a fairly fixed slot each evening, and for a lot of households 9:47 pm is the point where the good stuff actually starts. This page counts down to it precisely, right down to the second, rather than leaving you to guess from the clock on the wall.
There is only ever one number to read — hours, minutes, and seconds counting down together towards 9:47 pm — rather than a page full of settings to get right first. No start button and no options to choose, just the current gap to that time, updating on its own for as long as you need it.
Rosters and shift schedules across a lot of Australian workplaces are written in 24-hour time, so 21:47 is often the figure that actually matters when checking a start time against a printed timetable. This page shows 9:47 pm for everyday reading and 21:47 for lining it up against anything written the other way.
Common questions
Does daylight saving affect the countdown?
Yes, because it reads from your device's own clock, any daylight saving change your device applies automatically is reflected in the countdown without any extra step on your part.
Why does the countdown look different on two devices checked at once?
That usually means the two clocks are not perfectly in sync, or one device has not adjusted for a time zone or daylight saving change. The countdown itself always follows whatever clock it is reading from.
Is there a way to make the countdown count towards a different time?
This particular page is fixed to one target time. Checking a different one just means visiting the matching page built for that specific time instead.
Can this replace an alarm for waking up or getting somewhere on time?
It shows exactly how long is left, but it does not ring or alert you at zero, so it works better alongside an alarm than as a replacement for one.
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