how to set a duration timer to Minute and Seconds format?

Unity Engine
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Hi! i’m trying to set a simple timer on my game, but currently it’s ugly and goes like this

Script

float time = 0;

void Update ()
{
time += Time.deltaTime;
TimerText.text = "Time: " + time;
}

what’s is the easiest way to change that to a minute and seconds format?

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Lots of ways, a quick and dirty self-written one could be something similar to:

private static string GetTime(float timeInSeconds)
{
    int minutes = ((int)timeInSeconds) / 60;
    int seconds = ((int)timeInSeconds) % 60;

    return minutes + ":" + ((seconds < 10)? "0" + seconds : seconds.ToString());
}

Not optimal due to GC but it demonstrates the idea.

You could also use the System.DateTime struct or approach this with your custom timer type.

3

Just to add on a similar note to @Suddoha : if this timer needs to update less frequently, use a coroutine.

4

.NET has some built in support for this:

public static string formatTime(float time)
{
    TimeSpan t = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(time);     
    return string.Format("{0,1:0}:{1,2:00}", t.Minutes, t.Seconds);
}
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