I am trying to figure out a how to make a clock in Scratch
Can you please help me?





Sincerely,
6-_-5

Are you wanting to make a digital clock or an analog clock? Digital is where it says 12:34 and analog is where it is has two hands, each pointing in a direction.

And if you want a digital clock, do you want to use the 12-hour clock or the 24-hour clock?

I think I can help you with that.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/473374264/ here is a tutorial on clocks that I made. Click “See inside” to view the tutorial. If this does not help, I need to know what type of clock you want (What does it look like? E.X. Does it use variables? If so, how many? E.T.C)

I need the clock that is not digital but the clock made by machines
not the digital one.

So you mean analog with an hour hand and a minute hand?

Minute hand is easy. Make the costume so the hand is pointing upwards and the centre is at the point you want the hand to rotate around. Then the current minute

(current [minute v])

multiplied by 6 gives you the angle for the hand (360 degrees represents 60 minutes). Scratch will interpret anything over 180 degrees as the value minus 360 but that doesn't matter.

The hour hand is slightly more complicated as it moves 30 degrees within an hour so you can't just use the current hour. So every 2 minutes it moves another degree.

So assuming the hour value is 0 to 11 (you can subtract 12 for hours 12 to 23) the hour hand points in the direction

30 * current-hour + (0.5 * current minute)

Well, there is 360 degrees in a circle, and a clock has 60 minutes, so…

when green flag clicked
forever
point in direction (((Minute) / (6)) v)
end

This would be used for the minute hand sprite. The hour hand would look like this:

when green flag clicked
forever
point in direction (((Hour) / (30)) v)
end

If you wanted a Seconds hand, just copy the minute hand but for seconds.
(I have no idea why those red blocks are there they dont need to be there when you make a clock)

deck26 wrote:

So you mean analog with an hour hand and a minute hand?

Minute hand is easy. Make the costume so the hand is pointing upwards and the centre is at the point you want the hand to rotate around. Then the current minute

(current [minute v])

multiplied by 6 gives you the angle for the hand (360 degrees represents 60 minutes). Scratch will interpret anything over 180 degrees as the value minus 360 but that doesn't matter.

The hour hand is slightly more complicated as it moves 30 degrees within an hour so you can't just use the current hour. So every 2 minutes it moves another degree.

So assuming the hour value is 0 to 11 (you can subtract 12 for hours 12 to 23) the hour hand points in the direction

30 * current-hour + (0.5 * current minute)

I'd find that pointing the hands up messes up the time, so point them sideways(as in pointing at a 90 degree angle, with the ending tip of the hand in the middle of the canvas)

this is a topic from January, so perhaps we don’t need to touch it anymore
but just because it’s already at the top, you can always offset the direction to how you like. it’s not a huge deal

idk how to make a analog clock, someone help me?

Digital Clock :

when green flag clicked
forever
set [Seconds] to (current [second])
set [Minute] to (current [minute])
set [Hour] to (current [hour])
end

ok thanks

Wdym? can you share the project?

idk

babycakes76 wrote:

idk

Analog clock?

no, just a digital one : https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1281289626/

the scripts:

when green flag clicked
forever
set [Time v] to (join (current [hour v]) [:])(join (current [minute v]) (join [:] (current [second v])))
end

sorry if its wrong

helloilol wrote:

no, just a digital one : https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1281289626/

It works fine , but you forgot the “seconds” thing

1. Don't necro. This thread is from 2021.
2. Here's an actual analog clock, although it's a 24-hour version: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1281881777/