Format String Minutes:Seconds

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Hi I'm making a timer that counts down a variable. I'm trying to format the string in my GUI. The variable is time in seconds.

Is it possible to keep t$$anonymous$$s one variable or do I need to split the variables into minutes and seconds? And what's the line for formatting time?

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Answer by whydoidoit · May 29, 2012 at 08:30 PM

Try t$$anonymous$$s for size:

 var someString = String.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", Mathf.Floor(yourTime/60), yourTime % 60);

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TurboHermit · May 29, 2012 at 09:14 PM 0

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Perfect, but apparently the minute number stays even tough the minute is over. Like if I have 120 seconds the timer states 2:00 then after two seconds 2:58. Is there any way to avoid this?

whydoidoit · May 29, 2012 at 11:15 PM 0

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Sorry yes of course I guess it is rounding it up!

try:

  var someString = String.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", Mathf.Floor(yourTime/60), yourTime % 60);

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Answer by flamy · May 29, 2012 at 08:43 PM

T$$anonymous$$s is just a elaborate version of @mike's solution

 #pragma strict
 
 var time:int=0;
 function Start () {
 
 time=100;
 InvokeRepeating("countDown",1f,1f);
 }
 
 function Update () {
 
 
 
 }
 function countDown()
 {
     time-=1;
 }
 
 function  OnGUI(){
     var minute:int =  (int) Mathf.Abs(time/60);
 
     var seconds:int =time%60;
     var labelString: String=minute.ToString("00")+":"+seconds.ToString("00");
     GUILayout.Label(labelString);
 }

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Answer by Threezool · Oct 26, 2015 at 12:30 PM

Made my own version to display a "time elapsed" counter in Unity 5 and display it in a canvas:

 DateTime startTime;
 TimeSpan elapsedTime;
     
 void Start () {
     startTime = DateTime.Now;
 }
         
 void LateUpdate () {
     elapsedTime = DateTime.Now - startTime;
     
     string displayTime = String.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:000}", 
     elapsedTime.Minutes, 
     elapsedTime.Seconds, 
     elapsedTime.Milliseconds);
     
    GetComponent<Text>().text = displayTime;
 }

Dont forget to add "using System;" to be able to use DateTime.

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hzli · Feb 23, 2019 at 04:15 AM 0

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I know this is an old post. How can I count backward?

Format String Minutes:Seconds

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