# getDate effecting a MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdate-effecting-a-mc/205494>\
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**Created:** [October 30, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdate-effecting-a-mc/205494 "2006-10-30T09:00:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![LiquidFlames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@LiquidFlames](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LiquidFlames)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdate-effecting-a-mc/205494/1 "2006-10-30T09:00:51Z")

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this is driving me batty… iv messed with it for about 6 hours now and i duno what im overlooking…

im desperatly trying to find a way to get a movieclip to respond to the current time and date…

lets say for example iv got an instance of secondsBox on the stage. its a movie clip. it has 60 frames… each frame has a different graphic on it… see where im going with this…?

how can i get the secondsBox to advance one frame every second?

i know it must be something simple im not seeing… or maybe theres a different way to approach it…

thanks in advance  
-liquid