time counter

I would use something like this :

unsigned long lastSecond = 0;
int seconds = 0;
int minutes = 0;
int hours = 0;

if(millis() - lastSecond >= 1000)
{
    lastSecond += 1000;
    seconds++;
}
if(seconds > 59)
{
    seconds = 0;
    minutes++;
}
if(minutes > 59)
{
    minutes = 0;
    hours++;
}