# Make the settime() changable

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [July 24, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257 "2022-07-24T23:16:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![uy\_huynh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/54ee81/32.png) [@uy\_huynh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/uy_huynh)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257/1 "2022-07-24T23:16:59Z")

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Hi all,  
I’m trying to set the date from components always at a certain time with settime(), but seems like this function makes the components can not be changed, it always change back to the settime(). Is there anyway we can display at a certain time after reload the browser, but also changable?  
Cheers all,

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257/2 "2022-07-25T11:06:48Z")

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`now(1000)` will cause the binding to update every second.  
`now(0)` will update once when the view is loaded.

> [@uy\_huynh](#):
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> Is there anyway we can display at a certain time after reload the browser, but also changable?

Not with a simple expression, I suspect. Why do you need a delay?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257/3 "2022-07-25T19:32:02Z")

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```auto
addHours(midnight(now(0)), 5)

```

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**Author:** ![uy\_huynh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/54ee81/32.png) [@uy\_huynh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/uy_huynh)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-the-settime-changable/62257/4 "2022-07-26T08:51:20Z")

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Cheers! I thought the settime is the one that keeps updating.Silly me!