import tkinter as tk counter = 0 def counter_label(label): counter = 0 def count(): global counter counter += 1 label.config(text=str(counter)) label.after(1000, count) count() root = tk.Tk() root.title("Counting Seconds") label = tk.Label(root, fg="dark green") label.pack() counter_label(label) button = tk.Button(root, text='Stop', width=25, command=root.destroy) button.pack() root.mainloop()