ActionScript 3.0 :: Increment Timer Refuses To Reset?

I have an increment timer on a game I have created, but the thing is it refuses to reset at the end of the game.If I do timer.reset(); it is not visible then if I cal timer.start(); immediately after, it will continue from it's former position at the end of the 8th level.It's really annoying me as it's the only thing that won't seem to reset, everything else is fine.
 
function incrementCounter(event:TimerEvent) {            count++;                        var whole_value:int = int(count / 100);            var tenths:int = int(count / 10) % 10;             var hundredths:int = int(count) % 10;                         gamePage.timer_txt.text = whole_value + "." + tenths + "s";        }