LiveCycle form stop watch

Is it possible to create a stop watch that the form user can start and stop as many times as needed. When finished, the total time recorded by the stop watch would be displayed.
Example:
User starts the stop watch at 08:08:00 stop watch displays 00:00:00
User stops the stop watch at 08:45:10 stop watch displays 00:37:10
User starts the stop watch at 09:15:00 stop watch displays 00:37:10 (when started but shows time accumulating)
User stops the stop watch at 09:30:25 stop watch displays 00:52:35
Total time recorded is displayed 00:52:35
If someone has an example form, I would appreciate your help. I have seen a stop watch in an Acrobat form but do not know how to convert it to LiveCycle.

I understand how to get the current time and the time when the clock is stopped. I also understand how to subtract the numbers and then convert them back to time. I have never used variables. I know where they go and how to create them but do not know how to use them in a script. Is there any chance to could create an example? I need to be able to start and stop the clock several times and end up with the total time recorded.
Does anyone have an example LiveCycle form with a stop watch? Am I the only one who has ever needed this?

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I would appreciate help sorting out a problem with a simple stop watch program. The problem is that it throws up inappropriate values. For example, the first time I ran it today it showed the best time at 19 seconds before the actual time had reached 2 seconds. I restarted the program and it ran correctly until about the thirtieth time I started it again when it was going okay until the display suddenly changed to something like '-50:31:30:50-'. I don't have screenshot because I had twenty thirteen year olds suddenly yelling at me that it was wrong. I clicked 'Stop' and then 'Start' again and it ran correctly.
I have posted the whole code (minus the GUI section) because I want you to see that the program is very, very simple. I can't see where it could go wrong. I would appreciate any hints.
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    int startTime, stopTime, totalTime, bestTime;
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    private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel3;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    // End of variables declaration
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Although I appreciate this information, it still doesn't actually solve the problem. I can't see an error in the logic (or the code). The fact that the formatting works most of the time suggests that the problem does not lie there. As well, I use the same basic code for other time related displays e.g. countdown timers where the user sets a maximum time and the computer stops when zero is reached. I haven't had an error is these programs.
For me, it is such a simple program and the room for errors seem small. I am guessing that I have misunderstood something about dates, but I obviously don't know.
Again, thank you for taking the time to look at the problem and post a reply.

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