Opus provides a variety of clockformat options for the Start Clock action. These allow you to display the current clock time in hours, minutes, seconds and even tenths and hundredths of seconds.
Note:
The format options are only available when you create the clock using the Start Clock action and they are added to the action’s Format box.
The format options are as follows:
| Format | Description |
| [hh] | Shows hours always as two digits e.g. 00 or 23 |
| [mm] | Shows minutes always as two digits i.e. from 00 to 59 |
| [ss] | Shows seconds always as two digits i.e. from 00 to 59 |
| [h] | Shows hours either as one or two digits e.g. 1 or 23 |
| [m] | Shows minutes either as one or two digits i.e. from 0 to 59 |
| [s] | Shows seconds either as one or two digits i.e. from 0 to 59 |
| [f] | Shows tenths of seconds i.e. from 1 to 9 |
| [ff] | Shows hundreds of seconds i.e. from 10 to 99 |
| Any text | Other alphanumeric characters can also be typed into the Format box and combined with the formats above e.g. Minutes: [mm] and Seconds: [ss] |
The following are all valid entries in the Format box of the Start Clock action:
If hours = 2 and minutes = 5 and seconds = 7:
| Format box entry | Display on screen as: |
| [hh]:[mm]:[ss] | 02:05:07 |
| [h] Hours [m] Minutes | 2 Hours 5 Minutes |
If seconds = 34 and tenths = 8 and hundredths = 82
| Format box entry | Display on screen as: |
| [ss]:[ff] | 34:82 |
| [ff] Hundredths of a second | 82 Hundredths of a second |
Important Note!
Although the counter goes up at one-second intervals, it splits the time into hours, minutes and seconds (it also counts tenths and hundredths of seconds as well). In other words, if 96 seconds have elapsed, the clock will only be able to show 1 minute and 36 seconds and not 96 seconds, see Example 3 below:
If the current clock time elapsed is 96 seconds
| Format box entry | Display on screen as: |
| [hh]:[ss] | 1:36 |
| [ss] | 36 |