

#Hour glass full#
You can use the full month name: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, or December. 1 January, 2019 – count down until midnight January 1, 2019.January 1, 2019 – count down until midnight January 1, 2019.1 January – count down until midnight January 1.January 1 – count down until midnight January 1.Until date – To start a timer until a specified date, enter the date in the month day, day month, month day, year, or day month year formats:

If the specified time of day has already passed today, the timer will count down until the specified time of day tomorrow. Until time of day – To start a timer until a specified time of day, enter the time of day in the h am/pm, h:mm am/pm, or h:mm:ss am/pm formats: 7.15.00 – count down for 7 hours 15 minutes.5.30 – count down for 5 minutes 30 seconds.instead of : as the separator if you prefer: 7:15:00 – count down for 7 hours 15 minutes.5:30 – count down for 5 minutes 30 seconds.Short form duration – To start a timer for a specified duration, you can alternatively use the short form m:ss or h:mm:ss formats: 1.5 hours – count down for 1 hour 30 minutes.5.5 minutes – count down for 5 minutes 30 seconds.7h15m – count down for 7 hours 15 minutesĭecimal notation – To start a timer specifying a duration that is not a whole number, use decimal notation:.7 hours 15 minutes – count down for 7 hours 15 minutes.5m30s – count down for 5 minutes 30 seconds.5 minutes 30 seconds – count down for 5 minutes 30 seconds.You can also use the short form of the supported units: s, m, h, d, w, mo, and y:Ĭombining units – To start a timer using a combination of units, simply concatenate the units: Run multiple timers with your choice of the built-in color themes, or create your own. Pick one of the built-in sounds, or add your own. Keep track of multiple timers by setting a title for each one.

If you closed your timer accidentally, you can resume it without losing a tick.Īdvanced users can start the timer and control any option from the command line. Show the timer window when your timer expires if it’s hidden.Īutomatically exit Hourglass when your timer expires.Įasily start recent timers without retyping your timer. Show me what you find below! Have fun, get curious, and keep exploring.Optionally keep your timer on top of other windows.įill your screen with your timer, and stay focused on the time left. Thank you again to Arvind for your work on this wonderful project. And when you're all done with testing, well, it's just plain pretty. cold days, or measure the raising level of water vs. You can have students time the hourglass on hot vs. This is a great primer in density and viscosity, and a whole lot more involving states of matter, drops vs. It is still beautiful watching the drops collect on the top and bottom, held by surface tensions until they all join together. Interestingly in this case, time won't be completely linear as the pressure is going to change as time ticks on. They have equal volumes and drop and rise at the same pace as the two bottles will eventually switch all their liquids. You've done it! And you have yourself a ticking timepiece! Watch as drops escape up from the upper water container down in exchange for oil drops coming up.
