# Timer class

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-class/302154>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 22, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-class/302154 "2009-12-22T15:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![revo999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@revo999](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/revo999)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-class/302154/1 "2009-12-22T15:55:40Z")

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i have start the timer

timer.start();

how I can determine how much miliseconds or seconds passed , since the timer passed

from flash documentation :  
_getTimer():int  
Returns the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since Adobe Flash Player was initialized._

getTimer() display since the FlasPlayer starts, how to get value of timer