timerFile.asm

.data

	timeString: .asciiz "\nCurrent Time: "
	timeInitial: .asciiz "00:00\n"
	colon: .asciiz ":"
	zero: .asciiz "0"
	
	.text
	
start_program:
	j skipping # This label is to pretty much stop this file from running at first whenever the main file runs
		   # it creates a huge problem, thus I want the file to only jump to a specific label at a specific moment,
		   # not whenever the main file starts

initialize_time:
	li $v0, 30 # syscall to get time
    	syscall
    	move $s4, $a0 # store the time in $s4
    	jr $ra
    	
update_time:
	addi $sp, $sp, -4 #allocate space on the stack
    	sw $ra, 0($sp)
    
    	# Get current time in milliseconds
    	li $v0, 30
    	syscall
    	move $t5, $a0               # Store current time in $t5 (changed from $v0 to $a0)
    
    	# Calculate elapsed time
    	sub $t5, $t5, $s4           # Current time - Start time = Elapsed time (in milliseconds)
    
    	# Convert to seconds
    	li $t6, 1000
    	div $t5, $t6                # Divide by 1000 to get seconds
    	mflo $t5                    # Get seconds in $t5
    
    	# Calculate minutes and remaining seconds
    	li $t6, 60
    	div $t5, $t6
    	mflo $t8                    # Minutes in $t8
    	mfhi $t9                    # Remaining seconds in $t9
    
    
    	# Print minutes with leading zero if needed
    	li $t6, 10
    	bge $t8, $t6, print_minutes #branches to print_minute if the two registers are equal
    	li $v0, 4
    	la $a0, zero
    	syscall
    
print_minutes:
    	li $v0, 1 # prints the minutes
    	move $a0, $t8
    	syscall
    
    	# Print colon
    	li $v0, 4
    	la $a0, colon
    	syscall
    
    	# Print seconds with leading zero if needed
    	li $t6, 10
    	bge $t9, $t6, print_seconds #branches if the condition is true
    	li $v0, 4
    	la $a0, zero
    	syscall
    
print_seconds:
    	li $v0, 1 #prints the seconds
    	move $a0, $t9
    	syscall
    
    	li $v0, 4 #prints a new line
    	la $a0, newLine
    	syscall
    
    	# Restore return address and return
    	lw $ra, 0($sp)
    	addi $sp, $sp, 4
    	jr $ra
skipping:
	# does nothing but skip to the end