# \[as3\]Why getTime() in loop always return the same value?

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**Created:** [December 23, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-why-gettime-in-loop-always-return-the-same-value/210868 "2006-12-23T02:13:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-why-gettime-in-loop-always-return-the-same-value/210868/1 "2006-12-23T02:13:43Z")

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Hi there.i got a problem with Date.getTime()  
my code like:

[COLOR=royalblue]private var now:Date = new Date();[/COLOR]

[COLOR=royalblue]private function getStamp():void{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=royalblue]trace(now.getTime());[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=royalblue]setTimeout(getStamp,2000);[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=royalblue]}[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]and what i would like to do is get a different value as timestamp .[/COLOR]  
Unfortunately it always trace a same value.  
[COLOR=#008000]WHY? and how to solve it?[/COLOR]