# Start and Stop duration

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316 "2021-08-24T20:54:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![atstargets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@atstargets](https://community.thunkable.com/u/atstargets)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316/1 "2021-08-24T20:54:44Z")

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I need to re-create this block from MIT App Inventor to Thunkable. Thunkable’s timer blocks aren’t the same as MITs. Could someone help me out in how to re-make this?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/6/f6798f842cfb502c56a242dc906d237034950dff.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/8/28339bfff67a1464f06188fece843b35c0f25502.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/2/a250ab3afbe254685a7e6b09986f8c16e290e5bb.png)

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**Author:** ![Dean\_Artis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Dean\_Artis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Dean_Artis)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316/2 "2021-08-24T22:25:27Z")

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Please don’t spam the forum by creating multiple topics about the same thing.

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**Author:** ![1negroup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/1negroup/32/114253_2.png) [@1negroup](https://community.thunkable.com/u/1negroup)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316/3 "2021-08-24T23:27:41Z")

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Are you trying to compare timezones?  
If you tell me Exactly what your goal is with these blocks, I might be able to help.

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**Author:** ![1negroup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/1negroup/32/114253_2.png) [@1negroup](https://community.thunkable.com/u/1negroup)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316/4 "2021-08-25T05:32:46Z")

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I Have shared this on reddit as well here is the link in case there are other reply’s - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunkable/comments/pb4rtp/start\_and\_stop\_duration\_mitappinventor\_mit/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunkable/comments/pb4rtp/start_and_stop_duration_mitappinventor_mit/)

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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, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/start-and-stop-duration/1467316/5 "2024-11-08T13:17:16Z")

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