Includes time based and non-time based timers
The non-time based timer starts timing from the beginning, every time the page containing the timer is accessed. The time based timer displays the count up or count down time in relation to a specific date and time, which can be used for a special timed announcement or to count down to the end of an event or offer.

Non-time based count up/count down
The non-time based timer can be used to display a count down/count up timer, every time the page containing the timer is accessed. This is great for time critical games or you can use this to add a count down before playing a movie.

Great for promotions
Use the time based timer to announce a special promotion. For example, you may wish to count down to the launch date of a new product or web site or display the time remaining until the end of a special offer.

Delayed start
Sometimes you may only want to start counting up or down on a particular date, at a specific time. You can do this using the time based timer. This way, you can upload the files beforehand and the timer will begin at the exact time specified, without any manual intervention.

Trigger any event when starting
Use the built-in ActionScript onStartCounter event to perform any action when the timer starts counting after a delayed start. For example, you may wish to start the countdown for a special promotion only on a specific date and time and have a movie clip execute at that time as well. If a visitor enters your site after the specie date and time, the event will automatically be executed as well.

Trigger any event when completed
ActionScript events are included to perform any action when the target time has been reached. For example, you may want to load a movie or execute a movie clip to announce a special event on a particular date and time. If a visitor enters your site after this date and time has been reached, the event will automatically be executed as well.

Display a message when completed
Enter a message to be displayed in the timer textfield once the timer has completed.

Count up from a particular date
Set the start date and time using the time based timer to count the time elapsed since that date.

Use the server based time for greater accuracy
When using the time base timer, you have the option of calculating the time based users' workstation time or, for greater accuracy, set the flashTimer to read the time directly from your web server. This way you can always be sure that the user is seeing the correct amount of time remaining, no matter what how they've set their local time. Note: The use of this option requires you to have either PHP 3, PHP 4 or ASP installed on your web server.

Set the GMT offset
Set the GMT offset for the time based count down. This way, the time remaining or elapsed will always be the same, regardless of the users' time zone. For example, if your announcement will occur at a specific time EST, you would set the flashTimer to display the time remaining relative to GMT -5.

Control stop/start/pause and reset
The non-time based timer includes built in ActionScript commands to stop, start, reset and pause the timer, similar to a stop watch. When the timer is paused, it continues to count up or count down in the background while the display is paused.

Customizable display
Choose which values to display in the timer output. For example, with the time based timers you can display years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. The non-time based timer has the choice of hours, minutes and seconds. If any unit is omitted, the value is converted and added to the next unit. For example, if you choose to display minutes and seconds and the time remaining includes hours, the number of hours will automatically be converted and added to the minutes, so 1:23:50 will appear as 83:50. You also have full control over the display of the timer output. This also allows for the text to be written in the language of your choice.

For example:

6 hours, 5 minutes and 23 seconds remaining

6:05:23 remaining

6h 5m 23s

Add buffer zeros to minutes and seconds
The minutes and seconds can be set to always be displayed in two digit format.

User friendly control panel
Set all of the timer properties through a custom, user friendly control panel.

Full ActionScript reference
Both types of timers can be controlled dynamically through ActionScript as well as numerous additional events (e.g. onStartCounter , onEndCounter).

Only 4Kb
Adds virtually no weight to your files.