# Adjust countdown timer
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [May 3, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606 "2019-05-03T09:38:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/1 "2019-05-03T09:38:54Z")
I am using a countdown timer that starts with 1000 seconds.
When I use adjust countdown timer and want to add (increment) with 500 seconds, it sets the countdown timer to 500 not to the current count + 500.
Is this a bug?
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### Author:  [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/2 "2019-05-03T14:32:16Z")
Think it’s intended behavior. How would the timer know if it’s +500 or maybe -500?
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/3 "2019-05-03T14:48:01Z")
Thank you for your answer. If I use +500 it has the same result
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### Author:  [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/4 "2019-05-03T14:52:15Z")
May i ask what’s the use case for a 1000 seconds timer?
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/5 "2019-05-03T15:22:17Z")
The number 1000 is for the example.
I am trying to understand what is the function of Adjust Countdown, if instead I can simply start a new countdown.
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/6 "2019-05-03T16:23:53Z")
The use case is eg. a pool pump.
It’s running 3 hours a day, but when I press a button, I want to add 6 hours from the moment I press.
If the pump is running already, I want the countdown to be increased with 6 hours.
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### Author:  [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/7 "2019-05-03T17:39:32Z")
Hmm. So when pump is alr running for like 2,5 hours and u press the button u want to add 6 hours to that. Timer is at 0.5 hours left so u want 6,5 hours from the button press. But when the pump has been running for like 0.5 hours there is 2,5 hours left and u still want to add 6 hours to that?
Nothing to do with the original question anymore but u could make a variable. Let Homey get the variable every 10 minutes and add 21600 to that. When button is pressed set/adjust the timer to the variable tag.
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/8 "2019-05-03T18:05:33Z")
Of course there are alternatives, but let’s get back to my original post…
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### Author:  [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/9 "2019-05-03T18:06:12Z")
Ok. It’s intended behavior.
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/10 "2019-05-07T07:22:58Z")
What is intended behaviour? Are you referring to the adjust countdown timer?
To me the adjust countdown timer seems the same as start countdown timer.
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### Author:  [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/11 "2019-05-07T15:24:34Z")
Then the best thing u can do is contact the developer and ask if he’s willing to add some extra cards with like “Increase timer with…” and “Decrease timer with …”
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/adjust-countdown-timer/12606/12 "2019-05-07T15:53:45Z")
Maybe to fix adjust countdown…I don’t understand it’s existence if you maintain it’s working to spec