jQuery delay inside loops

Question

I want to make a timer in jQuery, I want change the value of span each second I make like this, but it delay is not working.

 function startTimer(daysRemain,hoursRemain,minutesRemain,secondsRemain){

            while(secondsRemain < 60){
               secondsRemain++;
               $("span.secondRemain").delay(1000).text(secondsRemain);  //change value of seconds each one second 
                // I try this way too!
               /* setTimeout(function(){
                    $("span.secondRemain").text(secondsRemain);
                },1000);*/

            }

Answer 1

delay is only for the fx queue.

A standard timer is as follows

var t = 0;
setInterval(function () {
    $('div').text(t);
    t += 1;
},1000);

http://jsfiddle.net/J9Zwa/