# Timer: is it possible?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-is-it-possible/170010>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-is-it-possible/170010 "2005-11-22T00:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![afisette](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/afisette/32/1097_2.png) [@afisette](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/afisette)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-is-it-possible/170010/1 "2005-11-22T00:34:49Z")

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ok I was wondering if it was possible to put a timer of 2sec between to actions:

on (release) {  
**timer: 2sec**  
gotoAndPlay(2);  
}

how could I have 2 sec between the release and the ‘‘gotoandplay’’ :beam: