Published on September 9, 2005

Tutorial details:
Written by: Johan Jansen
Difficulty Level: intermediate
Requirements: Flash 5 or higher

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Tutorial details:
Written by: Johan Jansen
Difficulty Level: intermediate
Requirements: Flash 5 or higher
download fla Create Object

Well, at first we have to create an object which contains the time and date etc.

It goes like this :

Start flash 5.
Insert a Keyframe in the first and second frame.
Go to the First Keyframe
Frame Actions (double click on the keyframe)

Create Object ... cont.

At the 'plus' sign:

Actions Set Variable :

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[as]variable = mydate = new Date ();[/as]
value must be expression

Create Counter

Insert a new layer with a variable textfield ( dynamic text ) and name it time
Goto the first layer
Goto frame properties and set a new variable and name it time
And as value the code :
(mydate.getHours()+":"+myDate.getMinutes()+":"+myDate.getSeconds())
and it must be an expression like this :

Now I shall explain it :
mydate.getHours ()
   getHours stands for getting the Hours and
   mydate stands for : from which variable to take the Hours
   (In this case the variable mydate )

The Minutes and Seconds work the same way.

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Updating
Now goto the firstlayer in the second keyframe.
Insert a new action goto and play 1.

This is needed to update the time every second, else the time stops.

Final File