Hi, I would like to display a digital clock in my project.
I’ve made a text object with this value: ToString(Time("hour"))+":"+ToString(Time("min"))
However the minutes from 0 to 9 have no leading “0”, so I get values like 8:0 and 16:1.
How do I fix it?
This works:
just add javascript code to the project. do you know how to do it
var time_var = runtimeScene.getVariables().get(“time_var”);
var d = new Date();
var hour = d.getHours();
var min = d.getMinutes();
var sec = d.getSeconds();
if (sec < 10) {
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:0”+sec);
}else if (min < 10) {
time_var.setString(hour+":0"+min+ “:”+sec);
}else {
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:”+sec);
}
If seconds is less than 10 then a zero is added.
p.s. don’t forget to add external link
Thank you Markus_Schuetz.
I don’t know Javascript, so I’ll wait some time to see if anybody answers with a simpler solution.
I don’t really think it will happen, so probably I’ll use your code (I think I’ll be able to do it with guides like this), so thank you 
Hi, there’s at least another solution that doesn’t involve Javascript or external event. But I would not call it easier. I used it before because I don’t know Javascript
The thing is to have a text variable “zeroornot” set at the beginning of the game, like this :
zeroornot.0 = “0”
zeroornot.1 = “”
zeroornot.2 = “”
zeroornot.3 = “”
zeroornot.4 = “”
zeroornot.5 = “”
The following expression will return “0” if Time(min) <10, else it would return nothing ("") :
So you just have to add it in your time display text :
ToString(Time(“hour”))+":"+VariableString(zeroornot[ToString(Floor(Time(“min”)/10))) +ToString(Time(“min”))
By writing to you, I found that my code contained an error.
Many thanks for that. I’ve got the code correct now.
if ((sec < 10)&&(min < 10)) {
time_var.setString(hour+":0"+min+ “:0”+sec);
}else if ((sec >= 10)&&(min < 10)){
time_var.setString(hour+":0"+min+ “:”+sec);
}else if ((sec < 10)&&(min >= 10)){
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:0”+sec);
}else {
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:”+sec);
}
To use this code simply do the following:
Click on the project manager icon on the left
add external event
rename and click
select a scene where the time is to be used
click the plus symbol
Javascript code
just delete the first line (“runtimeScene.setBackgroundColor(100,100,240);”
paste the code, save as a precaution
in the scene in events - again via the plus symbol - click on the link external events
click on the newly created line and click on the event just designed.
-now only put the text on the variable
(txt change the text of xxx: set to VariableString(time_var)
Then it should work. Hope I could help. Without your thread I would have missed my mistake. Thanks.
The lines above the if query are of course part of the code, sorry.
So here is the complete code:
var time_var = runtimeScene.getVariables().get(“time_var”);
var d = new Date();
var hour = d.getHours();
var min = d.getMinutes();
var sec = d.getSeconds();
//20:01:09
if ((sec < 10)&&(min < 10)) {
time_var.setString(hour+":0"+min+ “:0”+sec);
}else if ((sec >= 10)&&(min < 10)){
time_var.setString(hour+":0"+min+ “:”+sec);
}else if ((sec < 10)&&(min >= 10)){
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:0”+sec);
}else {
time_var.setString(hour+":"+min+ “:”+sec);
}
Extending @Markus_Schuetz’s solution, here’s a simple way using JavaScript. It sets the scene variable formatted_time, creating the variable if it doesn’t already exist :
The JavaSctipt code :
function right(str, number) {
return str.slice(-number);
}
var d = new Date();
var hour = d.getHours();
var min = d.getMinutes();
var sec = d.getSeconds();
runtimeScene.getVariables().get("formatted_time").setString(right("00" + hour, 2) + ":" + right("00" + min, 2) + ":" + right("00" + sec, 2));
Wow, I did not think I would receive so many helpful solutions; there’s something I can learn from each answer, thank you all!
In the end I was inspired by Bluzima and did this:
I haven’t found a way to put if Time("min") < 10 as a condition. Is it possible?
There’s a condition called “compare 2 numbers”, or so.
Ah, good.
Did you do the same with
the seconds too?
Well done.
I don’t need to show seconds but I guess the idea is the same, but with Time("sec")
