# Timer question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-question/220421>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 26, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-question/220421 "2007-03-26T08:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ric373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Ric373](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ric373)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timer-question/220421/1 "2007-03-26T08:55:26Z")

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hi guys,

Here’s what i need to do:

When I press a start button I want to send the current time (hours, minutes and seconds) to a database. When I press the stop button I want to check the difference between the time that’s in the database and the time when the stop button is pressed. When i get the difference i want to do:

30 minutes - difference.

The idea is to get 2 flash movies, connected to a database, with a 30 minutes countdown, without being a difference between the 2.

thanks