Adobe Flash 8 Digital Clock using ActionScript

Time is money is a well-known saying. This tutorial explains how to make a Flash 8 Digital clock using ActionScript programming.
Start Adobe Flash 8 and create a new document having 250x70 dimensions.

Draw a text field on the stage using the Text tool from the Tools panel.
In the Properties Inspector set the following for the text field:
W:230; H:50; X:10; Y:10; also set the formatting, I choose Verdana, size 40, bold, color #990000, centered.
Don’t forget to select Dynamic Text and to give it the instance name clock_txt like in the picture below:

Insert a new layer and name it actions. Select the first frame of the actions layer, press F9 to open the Actions panel and put there the following code in (attention: ActionScript is case sensitive):

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var time:Date = new Date();
var hour = time.getHours();
var minute = time.getMinutes();
var second = time.getSeconds();
var clock:String=new String();

if(hour > 12){
hour-=12;
}
if(hour < 10){
hour = "0"+hour;
}
if(minute < 10){
minute = "0"+minute;
}
if(second <10){
second = "0"+second;
}

clock = hour+":"+minute+":"+second;
clock_txt.text=clock;
}

Now test the movie (CTRL+Enter) and see the result:

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written by Cynthia , September 11, 2007

My computers internal clock is way behind of what it should be, and I was wondering if you knew how to get it so you can set your own time out of flash. I have it set to take the time off my own computers clock, but I cannot fix it. Thank you.

written by Can't , November 22, 2007

do i select a different frame for each script? plus the second two contain errors.

written by Maria Barekou , May 27, 2008

How to create five minutes clock;I dont want to show the hours but the time of 5 minutes if you understand. Please answer it's a matter of life and death.I have to finish a project.

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