Detect time elapsed since start of layout

Hi guys

I've noticed that "every n seconds" and "Time = x Seconds" conditions seem to be worked out based on the time the entire game has been loaded rather than the current layout.

Is there any way to get a time for the current layout?

Reason I ask is that I am making an interactive tutorial which needs to wait a couple of seconds after loading before showing page 1 (otherwise I pick up a certain touch event in some cases which loads page 2 with the player never seeing page 1).

You could just create your own timer, adding dt every tick