# Are there any basic timers

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-there-any-basic-timers/27470
**Category:** General
**Created:** [29 May 2020 01:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-there-any-basic-timers/27470 "2020-05-29T01:20:49Z")
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### Author: ![JGKK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jgkk/32/18515_2.png) [@JGKK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JGKK)
#### Post date: [29 May 2020 05:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-there-any-basic-timers/27470/3 "2020-05-29T05:11:00Z")

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Have a look at this flow in a thread a while back:

> [@Help with contexts please](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-contexts-please/23602/12):
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> Here is one with ui: [{"id":"c1fd7048.fbcb48","type":"delay","z":"f954564f.03e718","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"1","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":460,"y":760,"wires":[["f07ada4b.c33cb8"]]},{"id":"f07ada4b.c33cb8","type":"function","z":"f954564f.03e718","name":"decrement","func":"const previo…

This is a visual countdown timer with seconds as the unit but it could be easily changed to minutes.

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