Run javascript for X amount of minutes

Question

i am trying to create a program that will run for X amount of minutes.

minutes was always set to 1 in testing

 var minutes = $('#minutes').val(); var runtime = minutes*60; // gets the seconds var secondsEpoch = new Date() / 1000; // Epoch time var End = secondsEpoch + runtime; // add the minutes to the current epoch if (secondsEpoch < End) { window.setInterval(RunClock, 1000/10); } else { clearInterval(RunClock); } function RunClock() { console.log(new Date() / 1000); //my code }

The script runs for infinity and i'm confused on why ???

When alerting variable secondsEpoch and End i always end up with a time difference of 1 minute?

Alerted the start and finish times and got

Start 1395022190.621 Finish 1395022250.621

Total difference of 60 which = 1 minute but the console log at this minute is

1395022456.657

which is obviously greater than

1395022250.621

and the scrip is still running and not stopping

Matúš Dúbrava · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-17 02:12:51Z

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You are not clearing your interval correctly. This way it will work:

var interval; if (secondsEpoch < End) { interval = setInterval(RunClock, 1000/10); } else { clearInterval(interval); }

answered Mar 17, 2014 at 2:12

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nats0128 Over a year ago

Still wont work ?? whilst typing this the start time is 1395023257.488 and finish time is 1395023287.488 and console log is at 1395023315.324 ??

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