i want to set countdown timer start at 00:00 and repeated every 5 minute.(example: when time is 00:05 timer is countdown 5 minutes until 00:10, and in 00:10 countdown 5 minute again, and so on)

this is my code now :

  class App extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
   super(props);
    this.state = {
    minutes: 5,
    seconds: 0
  };
 }

 ...............

    ponentDidMount() {
      this.getData();

      this.myInterval = setInterval(() => {
        const { seconds, minutes } = this.state
        if (seconds > 0) {
          this.setState(({ seconds }) => ({
            seconds: seconds - 1
          }))
        }
        if (seconds === 0) {
          if (minutes === 0) {
            clearInterval(this.myInterval)
          } else {
            this.setState(({ minutes }) => ({
              minutes: minutes - 1,
              seconds: 59
            }))
          }
        }
      }, 1000)

    }

 ...........

 return (
   <p>Countdown : {this.state.minutes}:{this.state.seconds < 10 ? `0${this.state.seconds}` : this.state.seconds} </p>

    );
  }
}

where i should change or add to make this countdown start at 00:00 and repeated every 5 minute. anyone can help me?

i want to set countdown timer start at 00:00 and repeated every 5 minute.(example: when time is 00:05 timer is countdown 5 minutes until 00:10, and in 00:10 countdown 5 minute again, and so on)

this is my code now :

  class App extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
   super(props);
    this.state = {
    minutes: 5,
    seconds: 0
  };
 }

 ...............

    ponentDidMount() {
      this.getData();

      this.myInterval = setInterval(() => {
        const { seconds, minutes } = this.state
        if (seconds > 0) {
          this.setState(({ seconds }) => ({
            seconds: seconds - 1
          }))
        }
        if (seconds === 0) {
          if (minutes === 0) {
            clearInterval(this.myInterval)
          } else {
            this.setState(({ minutes }) => ({
              minutes: minutes - 1,
              seconds: 59
            }))
          }
        }
      }, 1000)

    }

 ...........

 return (
   <p>Countdown : {this.state.minutes}:{this.state.seconds < 10 ? `0${this.state.seconds}` : this.state.seconds} </p>

    );
  }
}

where i should change or add to make this countdown start at 00:00 and repeated every 5 minute. anyone can help me?

• javascript
• reactjs
• timer

• So you basically want a setInterval callback that counts down every second (1000ms) for 300 seconds and resets itself? I'm not quite understanding the at 00:05 countdown to 00:10, how does one count down from 5 to 10? – Drew Reese Commented Aug 14, 2020 at 8:53

3 Answers 3

using setInterval will make me a headache figuring out what happened every time after a react rerender process with more and more interval being added to the event loop, I would remend using setTimeout with ponentDidUpdate method to udpate state and clean up at the end or using hooks which made life easier

here is a solution with hooks

function App() {

  const [seconds, setSeconds] = useState(0)
  const [minutes, setMinutes] = useState(5)



  function updateTime() {
    if (minutes == 0 && seconds == 0) {
      //reset
      setSeconds(0);
      setMinutes(5);
    }
    else {
      if (seconds == 0) {
        setMinutes(minutes => minutes - 1);
        setSeconds(59);
      } else {
        setSeconds(seconds => seconds - 1);
      }
    }
  }



  useEffect(() => {
    // use set timeout and be confident because updateTime will cause rerender
    // rerender mean re call this effect => then it will be similar to how setinterval works
    // but with easy to understand logic
    const token = setTimeout(updateTime, 1000)

    return function cleanUp() {
      clearTimeout(token);
    }
  })




  return (<p>
    time: {minutes}:{seconds}
  </p>);
}

I suggest creating and tracking a single time state, i.e. seconds, that is incremented every second, and simply pute the minutes and seconds to display.

Minutes

String(Math.floor(time / 60)).padStart(2, '0'); // 00, 01, 02, ...59

Seconds

String(time % 60).padStart(2, '0'); // 00, 01, 02, ...59

The countdown time can be puted from subtracting the seconds remainder for each interval from each interval, i.e. 300 - time % 300

RESET_INTERVAL_S - time % RESET_INTERVAL_S

Given a ponent to display overall timer and countdown timer, and a utility function to render formatted time

const formatTime = (time) =>
  `${String(Math.floor(time / 60)).padStart(2, "0")}:${String(
    time % 60
  ).padStart(2, "0")}`;

const Timer = ({ time }) => {
  const timeRemain = RESET_INTERVAL_S - (time % RESET_INTERVAL_S);

  return (
    <>
      <div>Time: {formatTime(time)}</div>
      <div>Countdown Timer: {formatTime(timeRemain)}</div>
    </>
  );
};

Class-based implementation

class IntervalTimerClass extends Component {
  state = {
    time: 0
  };

  timerId = null;

  ponentDidMount() {
    this.timerId = setInterval(() => {
      this.setState((prevState) => ({ time: prevState.time + 1 }));
    }, 1000);
  }

  ponentWillUnmount() {
    clearInterval(this.timerId);
  }

  render() {
    return <Timer time={this.state.time} />;
  }
}

Functional ponent implementation

const IntervalTimerFunctional = () => {
  const [time, setTime] = useState(0);

  useEffect(() => {
    const timerId = setInterval(() => {
      setTime((t) => t + 1);
    }, 1000);
    return () => clearInterval(timerId);
  }, []);

  return <Timer time={time} />;
};

import {useState} from 'react'

set consts

function Timer(){
const[timer, setTimer] = useState(121)

const sec = timer%60 //set seconds
const min = timer/60 //set minutes
const clock = `${min}:${sec > 9: sec: '0'+sec}` //create 'clock'

const startTimer =  //now start the 'timer'
timer > -1?

setTimeout(()=>{
  setTimer(timer-1), setTimer(clock)
},1000):'done'

 if(timer === 0 && min === 0 && sec === 0){
     console.log('you done')
    }

if(timer && min === 0 && sec === 0 ){
  min -=1
  sec += 59
}



    return(
    <div>{timer}</div>
    )
}