# Actionscript to detect elapsed time

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-to-detect-elapsed-time/229379>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 16, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-to-detect-elapsed-time/229379 "2007-06-16T14:47:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![artcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@artcoder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/artcoder)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-to-detect-elapsed-time/229379/1 "2007-06-16T14:47:07Z")

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I want to know via actionscript how many seconds has the Flash movie been playing? Anybody know the actionscript method or code to do this?