# How do you make the countdown clock into a stopwatch

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**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-you-make-the-countdown-clock-into-a-stopwatch/3542 "2020-09-19T21:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-you-make-the-countdown-clock-into-a-stopwatch/3542/1 "2020-09-19T21:28:17Z")

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seriously how?

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**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-you-make-the-countdown-clock-into-a-stopwatch/3542/2 "2020-09-20T03:13:35Z")

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I just set it into a value on game update. I use `me since start` and set that to the time delay. Be sure to wait a bit before you start doing this, otherwise you will end the game when it reaches zero