jQuery: Wait/Delay 1 second without executing code

$.delay is used to delay animations in a queue, not halt execution.

Instead of using a while loop, you need to recursively call a method that performs the check every second using setTimeout:

var check = function(){
    if(condition){
        // run when condition is met
    }
    else {
        setTimeout(check, 1000); // check again in a second
    }
}

check();

ES6 setTimeout

setTimeout(() => {
  console.log("we waited 204586560000 ms to run this code, oh boy wowwoowee!");
}, 204586560000);

Edit: 204586560000 ms is the approximate time between the original question and this answer... assuming I calculated correctly.

You can also just delay some operation this way:

setTimeout(function (){
  
  // Something you want delayed.
            
}, 5000); // How long you want the delay to be, measured in milliseconds.