Creating digital clock in FlashMX 2004

To insert a Dynamic text field- Select text tool from the tool box, Select Dynamic text from Text pop-up menu in the Property inspector. Click on the work area wherever you need the digital clock to appear.

Give a name to this Dynamic text field instance as "clock_txt"
Then go to frame1 of actions layer. You can copy and paste the below given script in the action panel

time=new Date(); // time object
var seconds = time.getSeconds()
var minutes = time.getMinutes()
var hours = time.getHours()
if (hours<12) {
ampm = "AM";
}
else{
ampm = "PM";
}
while(hours >12){
hours = hours - 12;
}
if(hours<10)
{
hours = "0" + hours;
}
if(minutes<10)
{
minutes = "0" + minutes;
}
if(seconds<10)
{
seconds = "0" + seconds;
}
clock_txt.text = hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds +" "+ ampm;

Then go to frame2 of actions layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe. Still keeping the play head on the frame2, go to action panel and copy paste the below given script.

gotoAndPlay(1);

Done! Press Ctrl+Enter to view the digital clock.

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