# Show time countdown in a label
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993 "2021-04-09T13:43:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@adam.carterxwap](https://community.thunkable.com/u/adam.carterxwap)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/1 "2021-04-09T13:43:03Z")
Hello, I am in the process of building a quiz app, I have got the timer set to the time I want it to be & then navigate to the end screen once it is finished. what I want it to do is show the countdown in a label, I’ve managed to get it so it shows the first second eg 89 but I want it to countdown to 0 showing each number so the user knows how much time is remaining. Is this possible? sorry if it’s been asked before & thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/2 "2021-04-09T14:50:10Z")
Try this for help
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### Author:  [@adam.carterxwap](https://community.thunkable.com/u/adam.carterxwap)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/3 "2021-04-09T16:25:22Z")
Thank you, that looks exactly what i’m looking for. I think I was making things way too complicated for myself. First time i’ve ever used a platform like this.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/4 "2021-04-10T05:03:42Z")
Isn’t that going to add an extra second? I think that should work but without the initial “wait 1 seconds” block.
For example, if Label7’s Text was 2, your blocks would do:
**wait 1 second**
Label7’s Text ≥ 0
**wait 1 second**
display 1
Label7’s Text ≥ 0
**wait 1 second**
display 0
Also not sure if you need to convert the label text to a number before checking to see if it’s less than zero.
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### Author:  [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/5 "2021-04-12T12:40:00Z")
I only put one extra second because i thought it would take one second for the app to load. I may be wrong though.
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### Author:  [@adam.carterxwap](https://community.thunkable.com/u/adam.carterxwap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/6 "2021-04-12T15:45:29Z")
Hi, sorted it
 Thanks for the help, certainly couldn’t of done it without help
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### Author:  [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/7 "2021-04-12T18:01:40Z")
It should actually be saying repeat until the text is less than 1. My bad.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-time-countdown-in-a-label/1214993/8 "2024-11-08T13:25:26Z")