# About Time Display

You can use the Time Display object to show an amount of time, useful for showing either the elapsed time or a count down.

The Time Display object displays the amount of time as specified in its [Current Value] field.
The [Unit] field specifies the unit of time for each value in the [Current Value] field.
The [Format] specifies how to display the amount of time.

## Display Example

For example, if [Current Value] is 48,298,463, Time Display object shows the following.

[Format] | [Unit]: [Sec] (calculates to 13416 hours 14 minutes, and 23 seconds) | [Unit]: [Milli Sec] (calculates to 13 hours 24 minutes, and 58.463 seconds) | [Unit]: [100 Nano Sec] (calculates to 4.829 seconds)
hhhh:nn:ss | 13416:14:23 | 0013:24:58 | 0000:00:04
hhhh:nn:ss.f | 13416:14:23.0 | 0013:24:58.4 | 0000:00:04.8
hhhh:nn:ss.ff | 13416:14:23.00 | 0013:24:58.46 | 0000:00:04.82
hhhh:nn:ss.fff | 13416:14:23.000 | 0013:24:58.463 | 0000:00:04.829

You can also edit the text in the [Format] field to make your own format.

Format | Description | Display Example
h | Hours | hh = 01
n | Minutes | nn = 23
s | Seconds | ss = 20
f | 100 milliseconds | fff = 463
“ “ | Add characters | ss “seconds” = 20 seconds

If [Current Value] is 7,200,000, Time Display object shows the following.

[Format] | [Unit]: [Sec] (calculates to 2000 hours 0 minutes, and 0 seconds) | [Unit]: [Milli Sec] (calculates to 2 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds) | [Unit]: [100 Nano Sec] (calculates to 0 hours, 12 minutes, and 0 seconds)
h:nn:ss | 2000:00:00 | 2:00:00 | 0:12:00
n | 120000 | 120 | 12
s | 7200000 | 7200 | 720