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Show Date.getTime() javascript into html

I am trying to make a stopwatch using html and javascript on my website. Here is what I tried:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <script>
    Date.setTime(0);
  </script>
  <body>
    <p>Time: <script>document.write(Date.getTime());</script></p>
  </body>
</html>

I want it to show milliseconds since load. I'm doing it on KhanAcademy. Does anybody know how to do this?

Also, somewhat, weirdly, there are no errors

Solution

  • If you want to show the milliseconds since the page load you need to update it using setInterval()

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
  <body>
    <p>Time: <span id="msec"></span> </p>
  </body>
  
  
  <script>

    var msec = 0;
    
    msec = setInterval(function(){
        msec = msec + 1;
        
        document.getElementById("msec").innerText = msec;
    },1)

  </script>
</html>