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React Clock: a digital clock built with React

A small React interface that displays the time and keeps its representation up to date in the browser.

React Clock digital display

A digital clock is a useful example of an interface that changes over time. React Clock displays the current time in the browser using React components.

React Clock digital display

A small interface for following the data

The result lets us focus on one question: how the current time becomes the display that the user sees.

In this kind of implementation, it helps to separate the system clock, which supplies the time, from the timer, which tells the interface when to refresh. The timer should not be used as a counter for real elapsed time.

Read the example

Open the project to explore the component structure and time formatting. It is a focused starting point for experimenting with presentation and state updates.

Source code

Explore the project on GitHub

Written by Sergio Soriano

Development, curiosity, and shared projects.

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