GUIText in Unity 5 (Need an alternative)

Question

I've been following a tutorial on how to make a timer on YouTube but I am now stuck because of the GUIText problem in Unity 5. This is my code:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Collections;

public class Timer : MonoBehaviour {

    public float Seconds = 59;
    public float Minutes = 0;

    void Update() {

        if (Seconds <= 0) {

            Seconds = 59;
            if (Minutes > 1) {

                Minutes--;

            } else {

                Minutes = 0;
                Seconds = 0;
                //This makes the guiText show the time as X:XX. ToString.("f0") formats it so there is no decimal place.
                GameObject.Find("TimerText").GUIText.text = Minutes.ToString("f0") + ":0" + Seconds.ToString("f0");

            }

        } else {

            Seconds -= Time.deltaTime;

        }

        //These lines will make sure that the time is shown as X:XX and not X:XX.XXXXXX
        if(Mathf.Round(Seconds) <= 9) {

            GameObject.Find("TimerText").GUIText.text = Minutes.ToString("f0") + ":0" + Seconds.ToString("f0");

        } else {

            GameObject.Find("TimerText").GUIText.text = Minutes.ToString("f0") + ":" + Seconds.ToString("f0");

        }

    }

}

The problem is with the GUIText.

error CS1061: Type 'UnityEngine.GameObject' does not contain a definition for 'GUIText' and no extension method 'GUIText' of type 'UnityEngine.GameObject' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

What can I do to make the timer show in my game without the GUIText?

Answer 1

Instead of doing GameObject.Find("TimerText").GUIText.text, you can rewrite it using GetComponent(string) method, which is the right way:

GameObject.Find("TimerText").GetComponent<GUIText>().text = 
    Minutes.ToString("f0") + ":0" + Seconds.ToString("f0");