Work day countdown
Every clock on the site, from the end of today to the end of your career.
Clocks
Today
For when the afternoon drags. The 5 pm clock takes your own end time and skips the weekend, and the Friday clock also counts down to your Friday finish.
- How long until 5pm
A live countdown to 5 pm, or to whenever your day ends
- How long until Friday
Days, hours and sleeps until Friday, and until your Friday finish
- Is it Friday yet
The answer in one word, and how long until it changes
Calendar
For deadlines, reports and payroll. The quarter clock knows the fiscal years of the US, UK and Australian governments and 22 companies, and the week clock gives the ISO and US week numbers, which don’t always match.
- What quarter is it
Today's quarter by calendar, government or company fiscal year
- What week is it
The ISO and US week numbers side by side, with this week's dates
Career
For the longest countdown at work. From your birth date and the US, UK or Australian pension age, or an age of your own, it counts the days, weekdays and Mondays left.
- Retirement countdown
The days, weekdays and Mondays until you retire
Time
A work day countdown on your own clock
Every clock here counts to the time on your wall, so when the clocks change over a weekend, the count gains or loses that hour. From 6 pm on Friday to 5 pm on Monday is 72 hours on the weekend the clocks go back, and 70 on the one they go forward. The spring weekend is the short one.
In 2026, Sydney’s clocks go forward on October 4, London’s go back on October 25 and New York’s on November 1.
2026 in workdays
2026 has 261 weekdays. At eight hours each, a 9 to 5 with no holidays, leave or sick days comes to 2,088 hours. None of them include the commute, which on an office day is the price of the same video calls you could take at home.
What the clocks can’t count
A salaried job often has no official end time, so 5 pm turns into a matter of opinion. The countdown to 5pm runs on yours. Whoever says “leaving already” as you pass is running on theirs.
The longest count has the same problem. The retirement countdown knows your date and none of the office news. Now and then a layoff lands the day before somebody meant to resign, and the severance comes with it.
What the clocks remember
The start and end times, Friday finish, fiscal year and birth date you set stay in this browser, so each clock opens on your settings next time. None of it is sent to us, and the privacy page lists every entry and deletes them.