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setTimeout()

The setTimeout() global function executes provided code after a given duration of time, and the accompanying clearTimeout() cancels the timer.

Status

Baseline Widely Available (since 2018-01-29)

MDN documentation

Specifications

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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