8 minute timer
Eight minutes suits many dried pastas and other short cooking steps.
Ready
Ends 8 minutes after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
8 minutes in other units
- Seconds
- 480
- Share of an hour
- 13.3%
- 2/15 of an hour
- On the timer
- 08:00
- Back to back
- 180 a day
- fit exactly into 24 hours
What an 8 minute timer is good for
- Pasta. Many dried pastas cook in about 8 to 12 minutes; check the packet and taste a minute early.
- Firmer boiled eggs. Around eight minutes gives a firm white and a yolk that is just set.
- Presentation practice. Rehearse a short talk or class presentation against the clock.
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 8 minutes?
This page is already set to 8 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 8 minutes.
How many seconds are in 8 minutes?
480 seconds, or 2/15 of an hour.
How do I know when pasta is al dente?
Start tasting a minute or two before the time on the packet. Al dente pasta is cooked through but still slightly firm in the center.
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.