# What is the difference between these timer blocks?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649 "2020-09-23T07:33:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@soh\_jia\_xian1yvw6](https://community.thunkable.com/u/soh_jia_xian1yvw6)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649/1 "2020-09-23T07:33:16Z")
What is the difference between the _from timer set enabled to true_ block and the _in timer call start_ block?
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649/2 "2020-09-23T07:44:13Z")
it means
timer - is on or not
start means start checking time or calculating
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### Author:  [@soh\_jia\_xian1yvw6](https://community.thunkable.com/u/soh_jia_xian1yvw6)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649/3 "2020-10-26T02:35:15Z")
Can you give me an example?
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-these-timer-blocks/841649/4 "2024-11-08T12:21:57Z")