JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="box"></div>
JavaScript
var iii = 0;
//t is unqiue representer of this timer.
//the callback is executed only once after 1000ms
var t = setInterval(function(){
var element = document.getElementById("box");
element.innerHTML = iii++;
}, 100);//1000ms is the execution delay