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A few questions:<br />
1) &nbsp;Does this need to be portable?<br />
2) &nbsp;If not, what operating system are you using?<br />
3) &nbsp;What resolution do you need? &nbsp;<br />
4) &nbsp;Is this a simple example program or do you have other threads running?<br />

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A few questions:
1)  Does this need to be portable?
2)  If not, what operating system are you using?
3)  What resolution do you need?  
4)  Is this a simple example program or do you have other threads running?


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If you are running Windows, then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644900.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644900.aspx</a><br />
is a good reference.
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If you are running Windows, then
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644900.aspx [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644900.aspx]
is a good reference.

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The operating system is VXWorks, runnung on a power pc processor. &nbsp;I am using c as the lanugauge.
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The operating system is VXWorks, runnung on a power pc processor.  I am using c as the lanugauge.

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I'm afraid someone else will need to help. &nbsp;Sorry.
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I'm afraid someone else will need to help.  Sorry.

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the code should be like a stopwatch, once decsion is made to start timer, it should count down like a stop watch froom 10:00 to 0. &nbsp;Time will be displayed on screen.
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the code should be like a stopwatch, once decsion is made to start timer, it should count down like a stop watch froom 10:00 to 0.  Time will be displayed on screen.

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I want to create a timer using C. &nbsp;It would start by a decision such as if ( 1 -- 1) {start timer}.<br />
It would be represented as mnutes and seconds, &nbsp;10:00 down to 00:00 and then reset.
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I want to create a timer using C.  It would start by a decision such as if ( 1 -- 1) {start timer}.
It would be represented as mnutes and seconds,  10:00 down to 00:00 and then reset.

creating a timer in useing C lang.

C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, so it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, including operating systems as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems. It is distinct from C++ (which has its roots in C) and C#, and many later languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from C.