What is the difference between the ⌛ and ⏳ hourglass emojis?

⏳ (Hourglass Not Done) shows sand still flowing - time is still running. ⌛ (Hourglass Done) shows all the sand at the bottom - time is up. Use ⏳ for 'in progress' or 'waiting' and ⌛ for deadlines that have arrived.

How can I make a countdown timer out of emojis?

Combine the keycap number emojis (0️⃣1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣) into a time like 0️⃣5️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣ and add an hourglass ⏳. The emoji timer on this page does it for you - it's a real working countdown whose digits are number emojis, and you can copy the remaining time as emoji at any moment.

Timer Emoji

Every timer, stopwatch, hourglass, and clock emoji — tap any of them to copy. Then scroll down for a real countdown timer made entirely of emojis.

Timer & Clock Emojis

Clock Face Emojis

Number Emojis

The Emoji Timer

A working countdown timer whose digits are the keycap number emojis. Tap the display (or the Copy button) at any moment to copy the remaining time as emoji — paste it in a chat, a tweet, anywhere.

0️⃣5️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣ ⏳

Click the digits to copy them as emoji

About the Timer Emoji

The official timer emoji is ⏲️ Timer Clock (Unicode U+23F2), the little kitchen-timer dial. Around it lives a whole family of time emojis: the ⏱️ stopwatch for measuring elapsed time, the ⏰ alarm clock for wake-ups and reminders, the 🕰️ mantelpiece clock for a vintage feel, the ⌚ watch, and the two hourglasses — ⏳ still running and ⌛ time's up. There's also a clock face emoji for every hour and half-hour of the day, from 🕛 twelve o'clock to 🕦 eleven-thirty.

How to Use Them

⏲️ Timer Clock — "dinner in 20 ⏲️", cooking, countdowns
⏱️ Stopwatch — races, speedruns, "new PB ⏱️"
⏰ Alarm Clock — deadlines, wake-up calls, "don't be late ⏰"
⏳ Hourglass (not done) — waiting, loading, "almost there ⏳"
⌛ Hourglass (done) — time's up, offer expired
🕐 Clock faces — pointing at a specific hour: "meeting at 🕒"
1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Keycap numbers — build any time, score, or countdown: 0️⃣5️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣

FAQ

What is the timer emoji called?

⏲️ is officially named "Timer Clock" in the Unicode standard (code point U+23F2). It was added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) and became an emoji in Emoji 1.0 (2015).

What's the difference between ⌛ and ⏳?

⏳ has sand still flowing — something is in progress. ⌛ has all the sand at the bottom — the time is up. Pick the one that matches your message.

How do I type a timer emoji without copying it?

On a Mac, press Ctrl + Cmd + Space and search "timer". On Windows, press Win + . and search. On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search "timer", "clock", or "hourglass".

Can I make a real countdown out of emojis?

Yes — that's what the emoji timer above does. It counts down for real, shows the remaining time as keycap number emojis, and lets you copy the current emoji time with one tap.