html js timer code example

Example 1: javascript count time

// The getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.


var start = new Date().getTime();

for (i = 0; i < 50000; ++i) {
// do something
}

var end = new Date().getTime();
var time = end - start;
alert('Execution time: ' + time);

Example 2: timer in javascript

//single event i.e. alarm, time in milliseconds
var timeout = setTimeout(function(){yourFunction()},10000);
//repeated events, gap in milliseconds
var interval = setInterval(function(){yourFunction()},1000);

Example 3: onclick timer javascript

document.getElementById("gameStart").addEventListener("click", function(){
    var timeleft = 15;

    var downloadTimer = setInterval(function function1(){
    document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = timeleft + 
    " "+"seconds remaining";

    timeleft -= 1;
    if(timeleft <= 0){
        clearInterval(downloadTimer);
        document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = "Time is up!"
    }
    }, 1000);

    console.log(countdown);
});