Using delay to power a timer, but timer runs slow

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I’m using your Timer block to power a countdown timer, but it’s running slow. I cycle the delay every 0.1 seconds and subtract 0.1 seconds from my timer, but after 60 seconds, the timer only has 45-50 seconds expired, so it’s pretty far off. I thought it might just be the dev app, but it happens on a production build as well.

I don’t think my app is doing anything crazy that would slow down the timer, but you might be a better judge of that. How can I get it to keep accurate time?

Thanks!

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Could I get a little help here, folks? Happy to provide whatever details are helpful. My app is pretty much done, but it isn’t very usable if the timer can’t keep accurate time…

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Hello there!

I think instead of substracting 1, you should work with the NOW() formula function to get an accurate time updates. There’s a solution described in this thread Stopwatch or Countdown Timer