# Waiting for a second or seconds

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-for-a-second-or-seconds/66823>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 9, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-for-a-second-or-seconds/66823 "2004-10-09T15:47:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![LunarTears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@LunarTears](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LunarTears)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/waiting-for-a-second-or-seconds/66823/1 "2004-10-09T15:47:37Z")

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Is the only way for me to have something done every second is to use setInterval?