Time is money, and it is always helpful to know what time it is. Exactly this tutorial will teach you how to create a digital clock with date. For this tutorial I'll using flash8.



Step 1

Start by creating a 250x70px document in flash.

Step 2

Take the Text Tool (T), in the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3) set the Static Text and somewhere on the stage type Time, and beneath Time, type Date. Look at the pictures below!







Step 3

After that take again the Text Tool (T), in the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3) set Dynamic Text, and using drag and drop technique, draw two "rectangles" that will represent Time and Date. Look at the picture below and everything will be clear!



Step 4

Then select that two "rectangles" and press F8 on the keyboard to convert it into a Movie Clip. Look at the picture below!



Step 5

Double click on the new made Movie Clip ("rectangles"),or right click and choose Edit in Place.



Step 6

Select after that "rectangle" for Time, open the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3), and under var: type time. Look at the picture below!





Step 7

Select "rectangle" for Date and in the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3) under var: type date.



Step 8

Go back on the main scene (Scene1), select the "rectangles" (Movie Clip), open the Action Script Panel (F9) and paste this script:

onClipEvent (load) {
 days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','thursday','Friday',
'Saturday','Sunday');
 months = new Array('January','February','march','April','May',
'June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
 timedate = new Date();
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
 hour = timedate.getHours();
 minutes = timedate.getMinutes();
 seconds = timedate.getSeconds();
 todaydate = timedate.getDate();
 day = timedate.getDay();
 dayname = days[day];
 month = timedate.getMonth();
 monthname = months[month];
 year = timedate.getFullYear();
 if (Length(minutes)==1) {
  minutes = "0" + minutes;
 }

 if (Length(seconds)==1) {
  seconds = "0" + seconds;
 }

 time = hour + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
 date = dayname + " " + todaydate + " " + monthname + " " + year;
    delete timedate;
 timedate = new Date();
}


Test your Movie, we're done!

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