17 minute timer
Seventeen minutes is the break in the "52/17" work rhythm and a common timing for white rice.
Ready
Ends 17 minutes after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
17 minutes in other units
- Seconds
- 1,020
- Share of an hour
- 28.3%
- 17/60 of an hour
- On the timer
- 17:00
- Back to back
- 84 a day
- whole runs in 24 hours
What a 17 minute timer is good for
- 52/17 breaks. The time-tracking company DeskTime reported that its most productive users worked about 52 minutes and then took a 17-minute break.
- White rice. White rice usually simmers, covered, for about 15 to 20 minutes before resting off the heat.
- A yoga or stretching session. A short sequence of poses at the start or end of the day.
Other timers
About this timer
The countdown runs against your device's clock from the moment you press Start, so it stays accurate in a background tab. The line under the digits shows the local time it will end. Pick one of ten alarm sounds, all generated in your browser (hear them on the countdown sounds page), and use full screen to read the time from across a room. Need a different length? Set a custom timer.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I set a timer for 17 minutes?
This page is already set to 17 minutes. Press Start, or the Space bar, and the countdown begins; when it reaches zero, the alarm sounds and the page shows Time's up. Pause stops the clock and Reset takes it back to 17 minutes.
How many seconds are in 17 minutes?
1,020 seconds, or 17/60 of an hour.
What is the 52/17 rule?
A work rhythm based on a 2014 analysis by the time-tracking app DeskTime: its most productive users tended to work for about 52 minutes, then take a 17-minute break. Use this timer for the break.
Will the alarm go off if I switch tabs?
In most desktop browsers, yes. The countdown is worked out from the real clock, and the alarm is scheduled with the browser's sound engine when you press Start, so it stays on time in a background tab. Phones can pause web pages when the screen locks, so keep the screen on — the timer asks the browser to do that where it can — and turn the volume up.