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# Clock, Runtime, Gaptime

### Show clock before start, runtime after start and gap time after winner finish <a href="#use-of-globals" id="use-of-globals"></a>

The following script allows to show the current clock before the start of the race, a runtime during the race and a gap time to winner as soon as the first athlete finishes.

This can be achieved by having the race start TOD and the winner TOD available in a RR12 list. The actual content of these values depend on your event file setup.

<figure><img src="https://dbnetsoft.github.io/RaceResultExchangeDocumentation/scripting/globals_list.png" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

This list is then pulled via RRExchange globals feature periodically into the software.

<figure><img src="https://dbnetsoft.github.io/RaceResultExchangeDocumentation/scripting/globals.png" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

The pulled global list entries are available as variables in each script then. They are identified by .First., e.g. `Globals.First.Starttime` for a RR12 field named `Starttime` in a globals list `Globals`.

```
{{
# Get current TOD and convert to seconds
now = timespan.Now | ToSeconds

# Fetch race start time and winner time from Globals List and convert to seconds (this way RR12 field can be seconds or HH:mm:ss string
raceStartedAt = Globals.First.Starttime | ToSeconds
winnerFinishedAt = Globals.First.Winnertime  | ToSeconds

# Determine race states
isRaceStarted = raceStartedAt > 0

# Determine output based on is race started or not
if isRaceStarted 
    # Race is started, check for winner time is present    
    isWinnerFinished = winnerFinishedAt > 0

    if (isWinnerFinished)
        # Winnner is finished, show gap time

        # Calculate gap time
        timeSinceWinner = now - winnerFinishedAt
        timeSinceWinner | gaz.Format "Seconds" false

    else 
        # No winner present, show running time


        # Calculate runtime
        timeSinceStart = now - raceStartedAt
        
        # Display formatted
        timeSinceStart | gaz.Format "Seconds" false

    end

else 
    # Before Start

   ""


end

}}
```