# Timestamp vs. framecount

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timestamp-vs-framecount/171334
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**Created:** [December 4, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timestamp-vs-framecount/171334 "2005-12-04T14:51:22Z")
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### Author: ![Gawain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Gawain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gawain)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timestamp-vs-framecount/171334/1 "2005-12-04T14:51:22Z")

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To me it seems obvious that if you want a countdown for e.g. 30 seconds, it would be wisest to just go with the current time, add 30 seconds to it, and wait for the time to reach that amount. But another approach could be to count frames, since you know how many frames pass per second. Any thoughts on this or perhaps other approaches?