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+---@class TimerPrivateProps
+---@field initialTime number the initial duration of the timer.
+---@field onEnd? fun() cb function triggered when the timer finishes
+---@field async? boolean wether the timer should run asynchronously or not
+---@field startTime number the gametimer stamp of when the timer starts. changes when paused and played
+---@field triggerOnEnd boolean set in the forceEnd method using the optional param. wether or not the onEnd function is triggered when force ending the timer early
+---@field currentTimeLeft number current timer length
+---@field paused boolean the pause state of the timer
+
+---@class OxTimer : OxClass
+---@field private TimerPrivateProps
+---@field constructor fun(self: self, time: number, onEnd: fun(), async: boolean)
+---@field start fun(self: self, async?: boolean) starts the timer
+---@field forceEnd fun(self: self, triggerOnEnd: boolean) end timer early and optionally trigger the onEnd function still
+---@field isPaused fun(self: self): boolean returns wether the timer is paused or not
+---@field pause fun(self: self) pauses the timer until play method is called
+---@field play fun(self: self) resumes the timer if paused
+---@field getTimeLeft fun(self: self, format?: 'ms' | 's' | 'm' | 'h'): number | table returns the time left on the timer with the specified format rounded to 2 decimal places (miliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours). returns a table of all if not specified.
+local timer = lib.class('OxTimer')
+
+function timer:constructor(time, onEnd, async)
+    assert(type(time) == "number" and time > 0, "Time must be a positive number")
+    assert(onEnd == nil or type(onEnd) == "function", "onEnd must be a function or nil")
+    assert(type(async) == "boolean" or async == nil, "async must be a boolean or nil")
+
+    self.private.initialTime = time
+    self.private.currentTimeLeft = time
+    self.private.startTime = 0
+    self.private.paused = false
+    self.private.onEnd = onEnd
+    self.private.triggerOnEnd = true
+
+    self:start(async)
+end
+
+function timer:start(async)
+    if self.private.startTime > 0 then return end
+
+    self.private.startTime = GetGameTimer()
+
+    local function tick(instance)
+        while true do
+            while instance.private.paused do
+                Wait(0)
+            end
+
+            if instance:getTimeLeft('ms') <= 0 then
+                break
+            end
+
+            Wait(0)
+        end
+    end
+
+    if async then
+        Citizen.CreateThreadNow(function()
+            tick(self)
+            self:onEnd()
+        end)
+    else
+        tick(self)
+        self:onEnd()
+    end
+end
+
+function timer:onEnd()
+    if self:getTimeLeft('ms') > 0 then return end
+
+    if self.private.triggerOnEnd and self.private.onEnd then
+        self.private:onEnd()
+    end
+end
+
+function timer:forceEnd(triggerOnEnd)
+    if self:getTimeLeft('ms') <= 0 then return end
+    self.private.triggerOnEnd = triggerOnEnd
+    self.private.paused = false
+    self.private.currentTimeLeft = 0
+    Wait(0)
+end
+
+function timer:pause()
+    if self.private.paused then return end
+    self.private.currentTimeLeft = self:getTimeLeft('ms') --[[@as number]]
+    self.private.paused = true
+end
+
+function timer:play()
+    if not self.private.paused then return end
+    self.private.startTime = GetGameTimer()
+    self.private.paused = false
+end
+
+function timer:isPaused()
+    return self.private.paused
+end
+
+function timer:restart()
+    self:forceEnd(false)
+    Wait(0)
+    self.private.currentTimeLeft = self.private.initialTime
+    self.private.startTime = 0
+    self:start()
+end
+
+function timer:getTimeLeft(format)
+    local ms = self.private.currentTimeLeft - (GetGameTimer() - self.private.startTime)
+
+    local roundedfloat = function(value)
+        return tonumber(string.format('%.2f', value))
+    end
+
+    if format == 'ms' then
+        return roundedfloat(ms)
+    end
+
+    local s = ms / 1000
+
+    if format == 's' then
+        return roundedfloat(s)
+    end
+
+    local m = s / 60
+
+    if format == 'm' then
+        return roundedfloat(m)
+    end
+
+    local h = m / 60
+
+    if format == 'h' then
+        return roundedfloat(h)
+    end
+
+    return {
+        ms = roundedfloat(ms),
+        s = roundedfloat(s),
+        m = roundedfloat(m),
+        h = roundedfloat(h)
+    }
+end
+
+lib.timer = {
+    async = function(time, onEnd)
+        return timer:new(time, onEnd, true)
+    end
+}
+
+setmetatable(lib.timer, {
+    __call = function(t, time, onEnd)
+        return timer:new(time, onEnd)
+    end
+})
+
+return lib.timer
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