A classroom everyone can follow
Project a digital clock in 24-hour format. Hide seconds for quiet reading, or use a numbered analog face when learning to tell the time.
Online Clock
Read the current time with our free online clock. Choose digital or analog, 12 or 24 hours, seconds and fullscreen. No account or installation needed.
How do you use our online clock?
Need a clock you can read without leaning toward the screen? Our clock puts the time first. Pick your preferred view, keep the date if it helps, and open fullscreen when everyone in the room needs to see it.
Read your local time
The clock starts immediately. The timezone below the display helps you check which local time you are seeing.
Choose a readable view
Switch between digital and analog, choose 12 or 24 hours and decide whether seconds should stay visible. Options holds the date and analog styles.
Make room for the clock
Use fullscreen for a shared screen or desk display. Exit returns to your controls. Keep screen awake is optional and has its own support status.
A clock for everyday moments
A calmer desk companion
Choose a minimal analog face and hide seconds. Keep the date if it helps with planning. The screen-awake option is useful only when your browser permits it.
A shared reference during a meeting
Put the clock on the room’s display so the finish time is easy to notice. For an allotted speaking duration, open the timer instead; this clock does not count down.
A timestamp you can keep
Copy the current time when taking a note or documenting a non-critical task. The text includes the timezone, which is more useful than a bare hour when sharing across regions.
Choose the view that works for you
Digital and analog
Digital keeps the numbers large. Analog uses the same device time with hour and minute hands and an optional second hand. Its familiar proportions stay unchanged.
12/24 hours, seconds and date
12-hour mode uses a day-period marker; 24-hour mode runs from 00 to 23. Hide seconds for less motion or hide the date for a focused display. These choices affect presentation, not the source of time.
Three analog faces
Minimal uses hour marks. Classic adds minute marks and a lightly tinted face. Numerals adds 12, 3, 6 and 9 with minute marks. Pick the face you find easiest to read; all three show the same time.
Fonts, color and light/dark theme
The site’s Settings offers Default, Digital, Retro and Sci-Fi monospace families, Vintage italic serif and Premium serif. The palette changes the clock accent, and the theme control changes the background. Fonts change digital text, not the analog drawing.
Fullscreen without losing readability
Fullscreen gives the digital clock more room while keeping the time and day-period marker separate. The exit control stays available. If your browser refuses fullscreen, the regular page continues to work.
Screen awake, only when requested
Switch it on in Options for a desk or projected clock. We show requesting, active, released or unavailable states. It is not a background scheduler and does not prevent all sleep, battery or system interruptions.
Copy a timestamp or share the setup
Copy current time includes date and timezone. Share setup sends display choices, not a fixed time. If automatic copying is blocked, we provide selectable text or a link to copy manually. Fonts and site colors are not included in the link.
Where does the time come from?
Our clock reads your device’s current date and time. It schedules visible updates near second boundaries and refreshes when you return to the tab. It does not count missed ticks or add an assumed second after sleep. The timezone name and UTC offset come from the browser; daylight-saving changes follow your device’s timezone rules.
This is a readable device clock, not an atomic clock or an independent time-server check. Incorrect device time or timezone settings, or outdated timezone data, can make the display wrong. A VPN does not automatically change your device’s timezone. Enable automatic time and the correct timezone in your operating system. Browser load can delay an update; showing seconds does not certify second-level accuracy. Use our stopwatch to measure a duration and World Clock to compare places.
Where does the time come from?World clock · Set alarm · Timer · Stopwatch
Saving, copying and sharing
Your saved choices
We save the display mode, analog style, seconds and date choices in browser storage when available. The 12/24-hour format, font and accent use the site’s existing preferences. Nothing keeps counting in storage: reopening the page reads the current device time. A blocked or unreadable record does not stop the clock. Screen-awake requests start off on each visit, and clearing site data removes saved choices.
Share setup
Share setup includes the digital or analog view, analog style, 12/24-hour format, seconds and date visibility. It does not send your device’s time, synchronize clocks or switch on screen wake lock. Each recipient sees their own local time. Copy current time captures a text snapshot with the date, timezone and UTC offset; that copied text does not keep updating.
Questions you may have
Is this an atomic clock?
No. It displays your device’s clock. We do not independently compare it with an atomic source or guarantee certified accuracy.
Why is the time or timezone wrong?
Check automatic time and timezone in your device settings. A VPN does not necessarily change those settings. An outdated operating system can also have outdated timezone rules.
Will the clock catch up after a hidden tab or sleep?
When the page resumes, it reads the current device time again. It does not reconstruct time by adding delayed interval ticks. A closed page cannot keep a visible clock running.
Does sharing show everyone the same time?
No. The link carries display choices. Each person sees their own device time and timezone, and device clocks may differ. Use World Clock for a shared city reference.
Why did my screen turn off with screen awake enabled?
The browser can release the request because of battery or visibility rules, and the operating system can still interrupt it. Check the status in Options; this is a request, not a guarantee.
Can I use the clock without an account or download?
Yes. Open the page and use it directly. Display preferences can be saved locally, but neither an account nor an installation is required.
Sources and corrections
- MDN: Date
- MDN: Intl.DateTimeFormat
- MDN: requestFullscreen()
- MDN: Screen Wake Lock API
- Sources and corrections
Something looks wrong? Tell us the browser, device, selected format and timezone, and whether it happened after sleep or a system-clock change. For a display issue, a non-sensitive screenshot helps. We can correct formatting, layout and refresh behavior, but cannot fix your operating system’s clock from this page.
Report a clock issue