StopWatch (Next Experience) - Client

The StopWatch API provides methods to measure durations in the Next Experience UI Framework.

Tableau 1. Properties

Name	Type	Description
started	Date object	Start date and time for the StopWatch. This value is set when calling the constructor StopWatch(Object started) or the restart() method.

StopWatch (Next Experience) - StopWatch(Object started)

Constructor to initialize a new StopWatch.

Tableau 2. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
started	Date object	Optional. Date and time to use as the start time for the StopWatch. Default: The current date and time.

This example initializes a new StopWatch starting at the current date and time.

var timer = new nowapi.StopWatch();

StopWatch (Next Experience) - getTime()

Returns the elapsed time in milliseconds since the StopWatch started.

Tableau 3. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

Tableau 4. Returns

Type	Description
Number	Elapsed time since the StopWatch started. Unit: Milliseconds

This example returns the elapsed StopWatch time in milliseconds.

var timer = new nowapi.StopWatch();
console.log(timer.started);  //logs the StopWatch start date and time to the console
var millis = timer.getTime();

StopWatch (Next Experience) - restart()

Resets the StopWatch start time as the current date and time.

Tableau 5. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

Tableau 6. Returns

Type	Description
None

This example returns the elapsed milliseconds since the timer started and restarted.

var timer = new nowapi.StopWatch();
console.log(timer.started);  //logs the StopWatch start date and time to the console
timer.getTime();  //milliseconds since the timer started
timer.restart();
console.log(timer.started);  //logs the new StopWatch start date and time to the console
timer.getTime();  //milliseconds since the timer restarted

StopWatch (Next Experience) - toString()

Returns the elapsed time in ISO 8601 format (HH:mm:ss.sss) since the StopWatch started.

Tableau 7. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

Tableau 8. Returns

Type	Description
String	Duration in ISO 8601 format containing hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds (HH:mm:ss.sss).

This example returns the elapsed StopWatch time in the format HH:mm:ss.sss.

var timer = new nowapi.StopWatch();
var duration = timer.toString();