Timer that counts upwards instead of counting downwards

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#21

No no. You don’t make timers with a for loop, very bad practice. This is a better solution:

local start = os.clock()

game:GetService(“RunService”).RenderStepped:Connect(function()
textLabel.Text = os.clock()-start
end)

Doing a timer with a for loop would mean that the time goes slower with lag and it uses up too much memory.

#22

Will that format it with the hours and seconds?

#23 
local startTime = os.clock()

local TextLabel = script.Parent
local BoolVal = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Touched")

local function sToHMS(s)
    local h = math.floor(s/3600)
    s = s % 3600
    local m = math.floor(s/60)
    s = s % 60
    return string.format("%02i:%02i:%02i", h, m, s)
end

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    if BoolVal.Value then return end
    TextLabel.Text = sToHMS(os.clock() - startTime)
end)

Alternating @XdJackyboiiXd21’s script and keeping @iamtryingtofindname’s point in mind, I came up with this. I guess you could try it out, I didn’t test it myself in Studio.

Edit: Forgot to do the string.format(), the actual reason why I wrote the post :man_facepalming:

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#24

Why did you do if bool.Value then break end, did you mean return end?

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#25

No, you are supposed to do that on your own, but your way is very unreliable

#26

This was the code that worked in my position. Thank you for solving the problems for the other devs participating and spending their time to help me out.
Well done! :+1:

#27

How would you be able to reset this?

#28

Change the startTime back to os.clock() (current time).

#29

Ah, thank you for the solution.
Much appreciated!