300000 Milliseconds to 5:00

[dColumbus]

Hey there,

I've looked all over the web and I have not been able to wrap my head around converting milliseconds to a properly formated time.

I have a 5 minute countdown timer and I want to format the milliseconds into a proper time...

PLEASE help me out here!

[TheCanadian]

var m:int = 300000;
var d:Date = new Date(m);
trace(d.getMinutes() + ":" + (d.getSeconds() < 10 ? "0" : "") + d.getSeconds()); //5:00

[dColumbus]

Thanks for the reply, Canadian... but there seems to be some issue:



var m:int = int(clockCounter.repeatCount - clockCounter.currentCount);
var d:Date = new Date(m);
this.tfTimeDisplay.text = String( d.getMinutes() + ":" + (d.getSeconds() < 10 ? "0" : "") + d.getSeconds() ); //5:00


All I get is "0:00" ... it never changes.

[TheCanadian]

You need to update it with the timer.

[dColumbus]

That code is within the updateTimer function... all other things work.

[TheCanadian]

Why are you using repeatCount and currentCount, they have nothing to do with milliseconds.

[dColumbus]

Why are you using repeatCount and currentCount, they have nothing to do with milliseconds.

Those are variables. repeatCount is the total number of milliseconds (300000) and currentCount is where is that time the Timer currently is that. The code you gave me works fine in Flash, but not in Flex. The Date returns are always O in Flex.

[TheCanadian]

I'm not a flex guy, but I don't reccomend having a timer run 300000 times and be called every millisecond.

[dColumbus]

Well how else would I tell the timer to correctly count?



if (timeType == "seconds")
{
this.timeInSeconds = timeValue;
}
if (timeType == "minutes")
{
this.timeInSeconds = timeValue * 60;
}

clockCounter = new Timer(1000, this.timeInSeconds);
clockCounter.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timeTick);
clockCounter.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COM PLETE, timeEnd);
clockCounter.start();


Is that not how the Timer works? If you have a tip that I'm not aware of, please share! :tini: