Macromedia Flash - Digital Clock: Timedate

Macromedia Flash - Digital Clock: Timedate covers the essential facts behind the topic, including what changed, why it mattered, and how it affected users.

Timedate Overview

Step 1 Create a new Flash file with size of 250 x 70px Step 2 Use the Text Tool (T), in the Properties Panel ( Ctrl + F3 ) set the Static Text and enter the Time text, under Time enter Date. See the picture below!

Step 3 Then select the Text Tool (T), in the Properties Panel (Ctrl + F3) set the Dynamic Text, use the drag and drop method to draw 2 rectangles to describe the time and date as shown below.

Step 4 Select the two rectangles you just drawn and press F8 on the keyboard to convert it into a Movie Clip as shown below

Step 5 Double-click the newly created Movie Clip (rectangle) or right-click the image and select Edit in Place.

Step 6 Select the rectangle corresponding to Time, open the Properties Panel (Ctrl + F3), in the Var section enter the time.

Step 7 Select the rectangle corresponding to Date, in the Properties Panel in Var enter date

Step 8 Go back to the main scene (Scene1) select the rectangles that have moved the Movie Clip, open the Action Script Panel (F9) and include the following 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 (); }

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