# Countdown Tutorial

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-tutorial/208750
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 1, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-tutorial/208750 "2006-12-01T23:18:56Z")
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### Author: ![MXAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MXAM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MXAM)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-tutorial/208750/1 "2006-12-01T23:18:56Z")

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Hi, I having a little trouble with the countdown tutorial here. I want to remove the milliseconds and have the timer based on seconds instead. How do I do that?

I’m using Flash 8 if that means anything.