Lua timer problem

[cmbeke]

i have a timer code that will take a time and return it as minutes and seconds:

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function truncate()
   local timer = math.floor(time:time()/1000)
   local minutes = math.floor(timer/60)
   local seconds = timer-(minutes*60)
   if minutes < 10 then
      minutes  = "0"..minutes
   end
   if seconds < 10 then
      seconds = "0"..seconds
   end
   return minutes..":"..seconds
end

but it always goes like this:

00:00
00:01
...
00:59
00:60
01:01

is there any way to make it not show 00:60 and show 01:00? i'm pretty sure there should be an easy way but my brain isn't really working at the moment

[snailface]

Use the modulus operator (%). It returns the remainder of whatever it what divides by. It always works for me in my c and lua programs.

ex.
seconds = counter % 60
print (seconds) --or whatever print is in lua, I'm forgetful :p

--displays 0-59 seconds in a looping fashion

[m0skit0]

LUA coderz...

[cmbeke]

@m0skit0 and proud of it
modulus didn't work either (my math was fine ... i re-rechecked it) so i'm guessing that its a problem with interpreter, but i got it to work in the end with a couple more lines.

[m0skit0]