（1）语法

T = timer
T = timer(‘PropertyName1‘, PropertyValue1, ‘PropertyName2‘, PropertyValue2,...)

（2）结合GUI实例

打开GUIDE，添加静态文本框，设置属性，tag等，将String设置为空，保存：

在相应的m文件中添加定时器代码：

function varargout = guide_time(varargin)
% GUIDE_TIME MATLAB code for guide_time.fig
%      GUIDE_TIME, by itself, creates a new GUIDE_TIME or raises the existing
%      singleton*.
%
%      H = GUIDE_TIME returns the handle to a new GUIDE_TIME or the handle to
%      the existing singleton*.
%
%      GUIDE_TIME('CALLBACK',hObject,eventData,handles,...) calls the local
%      function named CALLBACK in GUIDE_TIME.M with the given input arguments.
%
%      GUIDE_TIME('Property','Value',...) creates a new GUIDE_TIME or raises the
%      existing singleton*.  Starting from the left, property value pairs are
%      applied to the GUI before guide_time_OpeningFcn gets called.  An
%      unrecognized property name or invalid value makes property application
%      stop.  All inputs are passed to guide_time_OpeningFcn via varargin.
%
%      *See GUI Options on GUIDE's Tools menu.  Choose "GUI allows only one
%      instance to run (singleton)".
%
% See also: GUIDE, GUIDATA, GUIHANDLES

% Edit the above text to modify the response to help guide_time

% Last Modified by GUIDE v2.5 24-Aug-2014 08:53:46

% Begin initialization code - DO NOT EDIT
gui_Singleton = 1;
gui_State = struct('gui_Name',       mfilename, ...
                   'gui_Singleton',  gui_Singleton, ...
                   'gui_OpeningFcn', @guide_time_OpeningFcn, ...
                   'gui_OutputFcn',  @guide_time_OutputFcn, ...
                   'gui_LayoutFcn',  [] , ...
                   'gui_Callback',   []);
if nargin && ischar(varargin{1})
    gui_State.gui_Callback = str2func(varargin{1});
end

if nargout
    [varargout{1:nargout}] = gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
else
    gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
end
% End initialization code - DO NOT EDIT


% --- Executes just before guide_time is made visible.
function guide_time_OpeningFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles, varargin)
% This function has no output args, see OutputFcn.
% hObject    handle to figure
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% varargin   command line arguments to guide_time (see VARARGIN)

% Choose default command line output for guide_time
handles.output = hObject;


handles.ht=timer;%定义一个定时器，添加到handles结构体中，方便后面使用
set(handles.ht,'ExecutionMode','FixedRate');%ExecutionMode   执行的模式
set(handles.ht,'Period',1);%周期
set(handles.ht,'TimerFcn',{@dispNow,handles});%定时器的执行函数

start(handles.ht);%启动定时器,对应的stop(handles.ht)


% Update handles structure
guidata(hObject, handles);

% UIWAIT makes guide_time wait for user response (see UIRESUME)
% uiwait(handles.figure1);


% --- Outputs from this function are returned to the command line.
function varargout = guide_time_OutputFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles) 
% varargout  cell array for returning output args (see VARARGOUT);
% hObject    handle to figure
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

% Get default command line output from handles structure
varargout{1} = handles.output;


%定时器的执行函数 
function dispNow(hObject,eventdata,handles)
set(handles.time_disp,'string',datestr(now));%设置静态文本框中的文本为当前时间

（3）部分属性介绍

ExecutionMode  执行的模式：
          ‘singleShot‘    ：只能执行一次，其他模式都可以执行多次
          ‘fixedSpacing‘ ：上一次执行完毕的时刻到下一次被加入队列的时刻之间的间隔是指定的固定时间长度
          ‘fixedDelay‘    ：上一次开始执行的时刻到下一次被加入队列的时刻之间的间隔是指定的固定时间长度
          ‘fixedRate‘     ：两次被加入到执行语句队列的时刻之间的间隔是指定的固定时间长度

Period   指定的时间间隔： 秒为单位，通常最小值为毫秒， 默认为1（秒）

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