Terms of Service

1. The service

Alarm-clock.org provides an alarm clock, countdown timer, stopwatch, world clock, and shareable event countdowns, free, with no account or sign-up required. The alarm clock, timer and stopwatch run entirely in your browser and save their settings on your own device (see our Privacy Policy) — nothing is stored on our servers. Countdowns you create are encoded in the link itself: we don't store your event in a database, and anyone you share the link with can view it. Treat a countdown link as public.

2. Acceptable use

Countdowns are for celebrating, not shaming. You may not create or share countdowns that:

• Promote, glorify, or reference hate groups or hateful ideologies.
• Threaten, promote, or plan violence, harm, or attacks against any person or group.
• Harass, bully, defame, or target an individual.
• Contain slurs, vulgar, sexual, or otherwise inappropriate content.
• Are unlawful or intended to deceive or defraud.

Countdowns that match these categories are automatically blocked and shown as "page unavailable." We may update the blocked terms at any time, and decisions err on the side of safety. You can report abusive content on our report page.

3. Alarm clock, timer & stopwatch reliability

Alarm clock. The alarm clock runs entirely in your browser and only rings while the alarm page (or its full-screen or floating window) is open, active, and your device is on. It will not ring if the tab or browser is closed, the device is asleep, restarted, or out of battery, if the browser suspends a background tab, or if your device is muted or in a do-not-disturb mode. Do not rely on this alarm for time-critical purposes — waking for work, travel, flights, medication, exams, or any situation where a missed alarm would cause harm or loss. Use a dedicated hardware alarm clock or your phone's native alarm app as a backup for anything important.

Timer & stopwatch. The countdown timer and stopwatch also run entirely in your browser and only count down, count up, or sound an alert while their page is open. Closing the tab, letting the device sleep, losing power, or a browser throttling a background tab can pause or stop them silently. Don't rely on them for safety-critical timing (cooking, medical dosing intervals, exercise limits, exams) without an independent way to confirm elapsed time.

World clock & displayed times. Times, time zones and daylight-saving adjustments shown across the site are computed from your device's clock and publicly available time zone data, for general reference only. We don't guarantee they match an official or legal time source — for legal, travel, or contractual deadlines, confirm the time with an authoritative source.

Settings for these tools (alarms, timer presets, stopwatch state, display colors) are saved only in your own browser's local storage, never on our servers, so they aren't backed up and disappear if you clear your browser's site data or switch devices. See our Privacy Policy for details.

4. Event dates & accuracy

We work to keep the dates on our public event pages (holidays, birthdays, sports, sales and more) accurate, but dates can change and errors happen, sale windows shift, ceremonies are rescheduled, and some dates are estimates until officially announced. Event information is provided "as is" without any guarantee of accuracy. Always confirm important dates with the official source before making plans. Spotted a mistake? Tell us on the wrong date page and we'll fix it.

5. Tide, weather & marine data (beta)

The tide pages (/tides/) are a beta feature. They display tide predictions and station information from NOAA CO-OPS and weather forecasts from Open-Meteo — third-party sources we don't control — and that data may be incomplete, delayed, estimated, wrong, or unavailable at any time. Tide predictions are astronomical only: actual water levels are routinely changed by wind, storm surge, river flow, and barometric pressure. Our storm flags and surge estimates are rough, automated advisories, not forecasts or warnings.

This information is not intended for — and must not be used for — navigation, boating, diving, swimming or surf decisions, evacuation or flood-response decisions, or any decision where an error could pose a risk to life, health, safety, property, or money. For any such decision, use official sources: NOAA charts and tables, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and your local authorities.

All tide, weather and marine information on this site is provided "as is," for general informational purposes only, entirely at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Alarm-clock.org and its operators disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury, or death arising from use of or reliance on this information.

6. No warranty & limitation of liability

The service — including the alarm clock, timer, stopwatch, world clock, countdowns, and tide & weather information — is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We don't guarantee the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any alarm, timer, reminder, countdown or date will be accurate or will fire, sound, or display as expected. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Alarm-clock.org and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, including missed alarms, missed timers, missed events, missed sales, plans made in reliance on any tool on this site, or any decision or action taken in reliance on tide, weather, or marine information.

7. Third-party links & affiliate disclosure

Event pages may link to official sites, retailers and other third-party resources for your convenience. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content, availability or terms. A link is not an endorsement.

Some pages (like our timer's shopping suggestions) include Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, alarm-clock.org earns from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you — see our Affiliate Disclosure for details.

8. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version always lives at this address, and continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

9. Your content & responsibility

You are solely responsible for the event names, messages, and alarm or timer labels you create, and you confirm you have the right to use them. Don't include other people's private information, or names, logos, images or text you don't have permission to use. Because a countdown lives entirely in its link, you can change or retire it at any time by simply creating a new one and sharing that instead.

10. Copyright & DMCA notices

We respect intellectual property and expect users to do the same. The site's own design, code and original artwork are owned by Alarm-clock.org. If you believe a user-created countdown infringes your copyright, send a notice through our report page including: (1) identification of the work, (2) the exact countdown link, (3) your contact information, (4) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorized, (5) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you're authorized to act for the rights holder, and (6) your physical or electronic signature. We remove or disable material in response to valid notices and may block repeat infringers.

11. Feedback & suggestions

If you send us an idea, suggestion or feature request (including through the "Share an idea" box on this site), you agree we can use it freely — to build, improve, or promote the site — without any obligation to credit or compensate you.

12. Privacy

How we handle data is covered in our Privacy Policy, the short version: no accounts, no stored events, alarms and timer settings stay on your own device, and we only use your email if you ask us to send you a link.