Get a timers elapsed time

Question

I wonder if you can get the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since an actionscript timer has started.

I want to set a simple label in flex that has the value of how long it wil take before the timer fires (again).

this is the code, at 'GET ELAPSED TIME', I need the time that the timer has been running (since it last fired the function):

var timer = new Timer (10000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, foo);
timer.start();

var numberOfSeconds = timer.delay-timer.'GET ELAPSED TIME';

resetLabel.text = "only "+numberOfSeconds+" until foo fires";

Does this function to get the timers time exist and how is it called (google failed to answer me)?

Answer 1

There is no real property to get the remaining time of your Timer. A workaround could be to add a check within your foo function. A basic setup would look something like this:

var realDelay:int = 10000;
var timer:Timer = new Timer (1);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, foo);
timer.start();

function foo(e:TimerEvent) : void 
{
    var realCount:int = Math.floor(timer.currentCount/realDelay);
    var timeLeft:Number = (realDelay-timer.currentCount%realDelay);
    resetLabel.text = "Real count: " + realCount + ", milliseconds left: " + timeLeft; 
}