# Countdown in Flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 16, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652 "2003-03-16T20:16:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/1 "2003-03-16T20:16:59Z")
I was wondering if there is a way to do a countdown in flash?
I think something like hours til thing - get.myHours(or something)
and so on…
but I don’t know all the correct stuff to use and everything. i have the idea down… just dont know how to do it…
hmmm…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/2 "2003-03-16T20:40:59Z")
[http://usaweb1.com/WDTzine/th.index.html](http://usaweb1.com/WDTzine/th.index.html)
[http://www.zoode.org/projects/zt/zt\_files/zt\_tut.php](http://www.zoode.org/projects/zt/zt_files/zt_tut.php)
I havn’t gotten a change to view these. Let me know if they’re any good. Obviously they won’t compare to Kirupa…but what can you do??
:love:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/3 "2003-03-16T20:42:53Z")
I don’t really have time to look at those right now cuz i have to work in 20 mins… but from the quick glance at them i think they might just do the trick
thanks a lot seretha blaze
and i :love: kirupa too
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/4 "2003-03-16T20:46:25Z")
i’ve made one before, you can download it [here](http://www.flashdevils.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=8907)… but its kinda messy the way its done…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/5 "2003-03-16T20:48:42Z")
do you have a .fla?
cuz thats just the swf…
or you could just tell me what you did or something or or or yeah
thanks tho
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/6 "2003-03-16T20:55:27Z")
oops… sorry, i though it was an fla that i attached… try this
[http://www.flashdevils.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=8905](http://www.flashdevils.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=8905)
again, there are different and better ways to do it… 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/7 "2003-03-16T20:58:01Z")
[AS]onClipEvent (load) {
limit = 4000;
}
[/AS]
is that all the code that is in the thing? cuz thats all i can find…
also im looking for a timer that counts down the days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds type thing to a certain date… but i think i miiiiiight be able to figure it out
thanks for helpin ahmed
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/8 "2003-03-16T21:03:04Z")
there’s more coding (the messy part) inside the MC…
im not really sure about the days/hours/minutes thing… it shouldnt be so hard to do…
cheers
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/9 "2003-03-16T21:04:48Z")
thanks… ill look into when i get back from work
i appreciate i he help ahmed:beem:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-in-flash/15652/10 "2003-03-16T21:05:24Z")
sure =)