# Displaying Timeleft

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-timeleft/277614>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-timeleft/277614 "2008-12-14T21:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shinji246](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Shinji246](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shinji246)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-timeleft/277614/1 "2008-12-14T21:32:28Z")

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I have a timer that counts down from 60 to 0, i simply want this to be shown on the stage, here is my code

```auto

//timer length in seconds
var timerLength:Number = 60;

//new timer, 1000ms = 1 sec
var t:Timer = new Timer(1000, timerLength);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checkTime);

//start timer
t.start();

function checkTime (e:TimerEvent):void
{
    trace(--timerLength);
        if(timerLength == 0)
        {
        trace("gotoAndStop(5)");
        removeChild(weap);
        
        var lose:MovieClip = new Lose();
        lose.x = 280;
        lose.y = 177;
        addChild(lose);
    
        timer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,runGame);
        this.gotoAndPlay(5);
        }
}

```