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// Let’s create the timer and the
// Date variable…

var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);
var myDate:Date = new Date;

// Let’s create the time variables…

var mySeconds:int = new int;
var myMinutes:int = new int;
var myHours:int = new int;

myTimer.start();
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, UpdateHands);

//The Function below will happen every second,
// indefinitely

function UpdateHands (e:TimerEvent):void //returns no value!
{

// In action script by default
// a new date has the current
// timestamp assigned

myDate = new Date;

// Hour Variables

mySeconds = myDate.getSeconds();
myMinutes = myDate.getMinutes();
myHours = myDate.getHours();

// Check if it is afternoon

if (myHours < 12 ) {myHours = myHours - 12;}

//The names have to be IDENTICAL
// to the instances created!!

SecondHand.rotation = (mySeconds * 6);
MinuteHand.rotation = (myMinutes * 6);
HourHand.rotation = (myHours * 30) + (myMinutes*0.5);

//The additional rotation in order to small
//advance to the next hours....

trace (myDate);
}

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