Time manipulation

[drummondlw]

Hi,

I am trying to implement a timeout function for my application. I have a time string that I import in the format "00:05:00" (C# - representing a 5 minute timeout).
I am trying to run a timer that runs every second or so and calculates when the timeout has been reached.
I could just compare the minutes but it could be "01:05:20" for example. Is there an easy way to achieve this?

There doesn't seem to be many time manipulation functions available

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[drummondlw]

Ok, I got it, bodged it a bit by calculating the total number of seconds to use:

		public function TimeoutTimerFired(event:TimerEvent):void 
		{
			var now:Date = new Date();
			var diff:Date = new Date();
			
			diff.time = (now.time - TimeStarted.time);
			
			if(GetTotalSeconds(diff) > GetTotalSeconds(Timeout))
				 trace("Timeout!");
		}
		
		function GetTotalSeconds(d:Date):int
		{
			var secs:int;
			
			secs = d.seconds;
			secs += d.minutes * 60;
			secs += (d.hours * 60) * 60;
			
			return secs;
		}