How do I create a timer for my game?

I'm trying to add a timer which counts the minutes and seconds to the UI layer of my game. For testing purposes, I'm just trying to get the time do display as the system counts it (without formatting it to minutes or seconds). I'm trying to use the following events to get it to at least display incrementing numbers on the screen :

However when I load up the layout, the text object does not display anything at all.

How do I go about resolving this?

Don't use quotes in Set text to timer.

Don't use quotes in Set text to timer.

Thank you, its working now.

My game displays the timer until the player dies. Is there any way to get the last timer value shown into my ScoreScreen layout?

timer is a global variable. It can be accessed from any layout.

timer is a global variable. It can be accessed from any layout.

I want the timer to stop counting and then be displayed as a static number (final timer reading is high score).

If you switch to a different layout with a separate event-sheet, the current timer code won't be running anymore.

If you switch to a different layout with a separate event-sheet, the current timer code won't be running anymore.

Thanks that worked out perfectly!