# How to set text in the time picker text

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** time\_picker\
**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105 "2021-07-15T19:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![camposrc79d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@camposrc79d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/camposrc79d)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105/1 "2021-07-15T19:51:25Z")

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Hello,  
how to set the text in the time picker?

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**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105/2 "2021-07-15T20:04:30Z")

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Can you explain what you mean by “set the text”?

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**Author:** ![camposrc79d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@camposrc79d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/camposrc79d)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105/3 "2021-08-17T15:16:46Z")

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I am willing to set the text from time picker to something from background.

Let me try to give an example: usually, the user clicks on the time picker and a nice watch looking widget pops up, then user sets the time and clicks on OK or Done and the app has the time picked.

However, I want to read the time from another device (Arduino) and update the time read from that device to the text shown in the app’s time picker.

Hopefully my explanation helps.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105/4 "2021-08-18T07:31:01Z")

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So is this correct?

1. Connect to Arduino over bluetooth
2. Get the time from the Arduino
3. Display the time from step 2 in Thunkable

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-text-in-the-time-picker-text/1398105/5 "2024-11-08T13:19:45Z")

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