Morse code clock
The current time in Morse code, each digit in dots and dashes. Chime it aloud, and full-screen mode turns a spare screen into a Morse clock. A quiet way to learn the numbers.
Starting the clock…
Ways to use it
- Learn the numbersEvery glance is a little practice: the digits are the easiest Morse to learn.
- A spare screenFull screen on an old tablet or a second monitor, as a desk clock.
- An hourly cueThe hour in Morse as a gentle reminder while you work.
How to read the time in Morse code
Write each digit of the time as its Morse code, hours first, then minutes. Every digit is five dots and dashes: 1 to 5 start with dots, adding one dot each time, and 6 to 9 then 0 start with dashes the same way. So 10:45 is .---- ----- for 10, then ....- ..... for 45.
| Digit | Morse code | Digit | Morse code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .---- | 6 | -.... |
| 2 | ..--- | 7 | --... |
| 3 | ...-- | 8 | ---.. |
| 4 | ....- | 9 | ----. |
| 5 | ..... | 0 | ----- |
The clock draws each code under its digit and keeps the hours and minutes apart on screen. When you press Chime the time, it plays the hours, a word gap, then the minutes (and the seconds, when they are shown), with the timing of the International Morse standard (ITU-R M.1677-1).
To hear each digit on its own, see Morse code numbers. To write some other time, type its digits into the Morse code translator: this clock shows the time now only.
| Time on the clock | In Morse code |
|---|---|
| 07:30 | ----- --... / ...-- ----- |
| 10:45 | .---- ----- / ....- ..... |
| 12:00 | .---- ..--- / ----- ----- |
| 23:59 | ..--- ...-- / ..... ----. |
| 07:30 PM (12-hour clock) | ----- --... / ...-- ----- / .--. -- |
Tips
- The digits’ pattern1 is one dot then dashes, 6 is one dash then dots: five elements each.
- Quiz yourselfTurn on Quiz mode, read the code, then show the digits to check.
- Full screenThe digits fill the screen (on iPhone, the browser window); Esc or the button returns.
Good questions
Frequently asked questions.
About the morse clock
How do you write the time in Morse code?
Write each digit as its five-element Morse code, hours first, then minutes, with a short gap between digits and a longer gap between the hours and the minutes. For 10:45, send .---- ----- for 10, then ....- ..... for 45. On a 12-hour clock, add AM (.- --) or PM (.--. --) after the minutes; this clock does that when the 12-hour setting is on.
How are numbers written in Morse code?
Each digit is five elements. 1 to 5 start with dots (1 is .----, 5 is .....), and 6 to 9 and 0 start with dashes (6 is -...., 0 is -----), and the clock shows each digit’s code under it.
Does the hourly chime work in the background?
Only while the page is open. Browsers may silence tabs in the background, so keep it in view, or full screen on a spare screen. The quarter-hour chimes work the same way.
Can I hear the time now?
Tap Chime the time: it plays at the speed you pick, and the lamp glows while it plays (steady, not flashing, so it stays gentle on the eyes). Choose 15, 20 or 25 WPM; Stop ends it at once.
Is there a Morse code for the colon in a time?
Yes: the colon is ---..., six elements, in the International Morse standard (ITU-R M.1677-1). A clock does not need it, though: a word gap between the hours and the minutes does the same job, and that is how this clock chimes the time. On screen, the hours and minutes sit apart, each with its label.
Trust and limits
Private by design.
Honest about limits.
On your device
Uses your device’s time
The clock runs in your browser and reads your device’s own time: nothing is sent.Know the limits
Current time only
Its limits: it shows the current time only, in your device’s time zone, and the chimes play only while the page is open and its sound is allowed.ITU-R M.1677-1
Tested against the standard
The digit codes come from the site’s Morse encoder, which is tested against the International Morse table (ITU-R M.1677-1), and the chime uses that standard’s timing.Who keeps it
Independent and current
The Morse clock is maintained by Translate Morse Code (independent site). Last updated October 2026.