setTimeout Example

by Rich Costello

HTML

<div id="info"></div>

JavaScript

function printTheTime()
{
    var time = new Date();
    document.getElementById("info").innerHTML= time;
    console.log (time);
    
    // run it again:
    setTimeout(printTheTime, 1000);
}

// run this in 500ms (1 second)
setTimeout(printTheTime, 1000);


// try using setInterval instead!