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Guo Tuo • • Edited 
const delayReport = deplayMs => new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, deplayMs);
});

setIntervalAsync(async () => { console.log(new Date()); await delayReport(1000); }, 1000);
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Cool man!