setTimeout()
Widely available since 2018-01-29
The setTimeout() global function executes provided code after a given duration of time, and the accompanying clearTimeout() cancels the timer.
Specifications
- HTML (#timers), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
Browser support
- Chrome 3 Released on 2009-09-15
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 3.5 Released on 2009-06-30
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari 4 Released on 2009-06-08
- Safari on iOS 5 Released on 2011-10-12
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