# Timer in glide? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [February 16, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656 "2020-02-16T18:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/1 "2020-02-16T18:57:37Z")
Hi gliders, Did anyone ever built a timer in glide? Any idea how to start something like this? I basically want to create a timer that’s run 7ntil a define time and date. @Jeff_Hager, @George_B, guys any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/2 "2020-02-16T19:11:31Z")
Like a countdown? ---
**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/3 "2020-02-16T19:15:57Z")
Using script / Javascript, it would be doable, but we can’t unfortunately. And as of today, such timer / countdown would not be so good as it would update only every minute or more if your app is not pro. But I agree that would be a cool feature to announce events or things like that. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/4 "2020-02-16T19:45:57Z")
My only thought would be to set a date/time and then control a component when date is before or after now. I’m not sure if the component would change in real time, but it’s something to try. I’m not sure if it would be possible to have an animated timer. ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/5 "2020-02-16T21:11:56Z")
Exactly ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/6 "2020-02-16T21:12:44Z")
Which script would you use? ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/7 "2020-02-16T21:14:04Z")
You mean use a now function? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/8 "2020-02-16T21:29:46Z")
Not the sheet now() function. Select a date column and you can control visibility and filters comparing to Now or Today. ![Screenshot_20200216-152908](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/2/2ea9ed39408520ea60f4b4b577171bddc009c84c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/9 "2020-02-17T03:20:43Z")
Here’s a concept I made…laggy, because all formulas are calculated in the sheet and it doesn’t autoupdate, but it’s accurate! GIF below is at 3x speed. ![ScreenFlow](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/0/0b8b5545a6b5815e265efa8df3ae88f313dda416.gif) # [https://experiments.glideapp.io](https://experiments.glideapp.io) ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/10 "2020-02-17T04:42:03Z")
Thanks @Jeff_Hager, this is not what I need. I want the countdown to show at all time ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/11 "2020-02-17T04:43:29Z")
Thanks @Robert_Petitto, I tried this but it’s as you said lagy so not a good solution, this 8s why I came to ask you genius team 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/12 "2020-02-17T04:57:07Z")
Yeah…unfortunately…the only way to do that would be to refer to the now() formula which doesn’t update in Glide automatically. Sorry, @yinon_raviv ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/13 "2020-02-17T04:59:44Z")
If you have a Pro app, you could enable the “sync every few minutes” and then have the counter set by the minute, not seconds, which would reduce the appearance of lagginess ---
**Author:** ![yinon\_raviv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yinon_raviv/32/1627_2.png) [@yinon\_raviv](https://community.glideapps.com/u/yinon_raviv)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide/4656/14 "2020-02-17T05:14:54Z")
No worries @Robert_Petitto, thanks for trying