# I thought setInterval was in seconds

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**Created:** [January 28, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-thought-setinterval-was-in-seconds/176916 "2006-01-28T00:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ozymandias](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ozymandias/32/1997_2.png) [@Ozymandias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ozymandias)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-thought-setinterval-was-in-seconds/176916/1 "2006-01-28T00:03:22Z")

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Is it based on framerate or something odd instead? To get a two second delay I have to set it to 1000. \>\<