How to make Flashlight timer.

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This is something I wrote for another answer, in response to : Ive looked at a few different ways of making a timer but there not making any sense to me, could you help me out?

I personally have seen 2 types of timer/counter. The first method is with a 'counter' and a maximum value.

 var counter : float = 0.0;
 var counter$$anonymous$$ax : float = 5.0;
 
 function Update()
 {
     if ( counter > counter$$anonymous$$ax )
     {
        // do stuff
        // reset counter
        counter = 0.0;
     }
     // increment counter over time, therefore its a Timer
     counter += Time.deltaTime;
     
     // increment counter with an inter value (like counting frames)
     // counter ++; // like this, counter can be an integer
 }

the second method is using Time.time itself, but it still need an offset value to work.

 var timer : float = 0.0;
 var timerDelay : float = 5.0;
 
 function Update()
 {
     if ( Time.time > timer )
     {
        // do stuff
        // reset timer
        timer = Time.time + timerDelay;
     }
 }