Hi, is there a way I can build an alarm clock on Glide? That sets off after a particular time every day?

Hi, Did you explore the “stopwatch” component? [image] You may be interested by [image] alarm_clock Stopwatch! Announcements In case you missed it, we added a new component last week – the stopwatch! We also made a handy app with it to help you track your workouts. Copy…

Hi, no, I did check out the stopwatch component. But I am unable to build a countdown timer with it. Any leads?

[image] Countdown Ask for Help A countdown timer? Onscreen? Easy now! I made one this evening slight_smile My use case: a person does a corona test and needs to wait 15 mins to be able to take a photo so onscreen I want the countdown to appear after they have put drops…

Tried this, but my timer doesn’t count down, nor does it take the duration into account. I’m stuck! Here’s what I have - Start time - now() Duration - 0.15 I give these two values in the stopwatch elements, but the clock keeps going on even after 15 minutes. Help please!

[image] Countdown timer not working Ask for Help That’s how the Stopwatch component works. Once you start it, it keeps going until you stop or pause it. I think you’re trying to put a square peg in a round hole, here. The stop watch counts up, not down. I don’t think…

Also the start time and duration are meant to be set by the stopwatch buttons. Not by you. They are there to track when and which buttons you pressed so it can function properly. The start time tracks when the start button was pressed. The duration tracks how much time elapsed when you pressed p…

Okay…is there a way I can build a countdown timer at all on Glide then?

If it doesn’t need to be exactly precise and you are ok with it updating every 5 to 10 seconds, then yes you can. All you need is a some math to get get the duration between now and a future date/time. Then convert it to whichever format you want since date math gives you a duration in days.

Yes, I did get a solution in that thread. Thanks for your time and guidance, I’ll try it out

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Jeff_Hager April 24, 2021, 1:01pm 10

Just noticed you asked the same question in another thread. Rather than making things more confusing and having multiple threads on the same question, I’ll refer to the other thread and let’s continue there. Looks like you already got an answer there.

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