Timer and detecting collision? Help pls

[Dr Holy Bacon]

So I'm making a game where you control a block and gravity changes every time love.update updates 5000 times because I don't know how to make a proper timer. Also the score is supposed to go up when the player touches a specific object. I have found some collision code but the score goes up whenever the player touches any object. My project so far is attached below, any help will be appreciated

[micha]

Here is how you make a timer:

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function love.load()
  timer = 0
  delayTime = 5
end

function love.update(dt)
  timer = timer + dt

  if timer > delayTime then
    timer = timer - delayTime
    doSomeAction()
  end
end

The doSomeAction()-function is called every five seconds.

[Jasoco]

You can also use a timer library like Cron to make timers easier to understand and use.