 				timeRemainingDisplay.commitStyles();
 				
 				if (timeRemainingDisplay.isTruncated)
-					timeRemainingDisplay.text = timeRemaining.toString();
+					timeRemaining = _timeRemaining;
 				
 				//Prefered width could be more than view width, if this is the case, set the width to the max view width
 				timeRemainingWidth = Math.min(getElementPreferredWidth(timeRemainingDisplay), viewWidth);

				statusDisplay.commitStyles();
				
				if (statusDisplay.isTruncated)
					statusDisplay.text = ClothesMachine.statusToString(status);
				
				statusHeight = getElementPreferredHeight(statusDisplay);
				//Prefered width could be more than view width, if this is the case, set the width to the max view width

			if (statusDisplay && timeRemainingDisplay)
			{
				if (statusDisplay.isTruncated)
					status = _status;
				if (timeRemainingDisplay.isTruncated)
					timeRemaining = _timeRemaining;
				
				var horizontalPadding:Number = paddingLeft + paddingRight;
				var verticalPadding:Number = paddingTop + paddingBottom + paddingInner *2;
