World Clock — Live Time Across Countries
Pin the cities and countries you care about. ClockAura shows live local time, the date, and the UTC offset for each. Built for remote teams, travelers, and anyone scheduling across zones.
About the world clock
A world clock shows the current time in any city you care about — without time-zone math, daylight-saving worries or googling 'what time is it in Tokyo right now'. ClockAura's world clock uses the timezone database built into your browser, so it always reflects the correct DST rules and updates every second on a clean digital display. Add the cities of your team, family or favourite far-flung friends and bookmark the page; you'll never set up a meeting at 3am someone else's time again.
When the world clock helps
- Remote teams scheduling stand-ups across the US, Europe and Asia.
- Freelancers and consultants confirming a client call is in business hours for both sides.
- Travellers — keep your home time visible while you adjust to the new one.
- Calling family abroad — see immediately if it is too late or too early.
- Trading and following financial-market opens around the world.
- Watching live sports happening overseas — when does the kick-off start in your time?
- Online gaming raids and esports tournaments scheduled in another time zone.
- Coordinating an online wedding, ceremony or memorial across continents.
How to use the world clock
- The page starts with four common cities. Each tile shows the city name, country, current digital time and the day plus UTC offset.
- Tap the X on a tile to remove a city you do not need.
- Click 'Add a city' and type a city or country into the search box — the picker shows live time and UTC offset for each match.
- Press Enter or click an item to add it. The new tile appears straight away.
- Your selection is saved across visits, so the cities you care about are there next time you open the page.
Tips for using the world clock
- Add your home timezone first so you have a reference point for everything else.
- For half-hour timezones (India, Sri Lanka, Iran, parts of Australia) the picker shows the offset clearly so you do not get caught out.
- Bookmark the page after you have set up your cities — your preferred view is one click away.
- When countries enter or leave daylight saving, the world clock follows the official rules automatically. You do not need to refresh manually.
- Pair this with the alarm clock to wake up to a meeting based on a remote colleague's working hours.
World clock FAQ
Where does the time data come from?
Browsers ship with a complete IANA timezone database that is updated regularly. ClockAura's world clock reads from that, so when a country changes its DST rules, your browser update brings the change in.
Can I add cities not in the list?
The default list covers 70 of the most-used cities. If you need a less-common one, search by country — most regions are represented through their main timezone (for example, type 'Norway' to find Oslo).
Do the times update automatically?
Yes — every second. There is no need to refresh the page; the clocks tick live as long as the tab is open.
Are my saved cities synced across devices?
They are tied to an anonymous client ID stored in this browser. Each device has its own list. There are no accounts to sync.
Why do I see UTC and not GMT?
UTC is the modern technical standard; GMT is the older British name for what is essentially the same timezone. Most software uses UTC. The two values match outside daylight saving in the UK.
How do I schedule a meeting across three time zones?
Add all three cities to the world clock and look for the window where every city is inside working hours (roughly 9am-6pm). For a US-Europe-India standup, that overlap is usually around 8-9am US Eastern, which is early afternoon in Europe and evening in India. There is rarely a window that is convenient for everyone, so the fair approach is to rotate the awkward slot rather than always making the same region take the 3am call.
What happens during daylight-saving transitions?
The world clock follows the official IANA rules automatically, so the moment a country springs forward or falls back, the displayed time and UTC offset update on their own. This matters because countries change DST on different dates — the US and Europe are typically a couple of weeks apart in spring and autumn, so a meeting that was 3pm-for-3pm can silently drift by an hour for a fortnight each year. Keeping both cities visible is the simplest way to catch it.
Why is it 9am for me but 3am for someone else?
Because the Earth turns through 24 hours of sunlight, cities far apart in longitude are simply living in different parts of the day at the same instant. India is about 10-12 hours ahead of the US, so a comfortable late-morning slot for one side lands in the middle of the night for the other. A world clock makes that gap visible at a glance so you stop accidentally booking someone's 3am.