moment.js is not updating the time, only shows the time when .js file was started

Question

I'm trying to include actual date and time to the certain message, however I'm unable to do it, because moment.js keeps stucked at the same time. For some reason it only triggers the same time over and over again when script was started. //require moment + time format var moment = require('moment'); var todaymoment = moment().format('L, hh:mm:ssa'); //Check the current time each 5 seconds and update message setInterval(function () { message.edit({ embeds: [currentTime.setDescription('Current time is: ' + todaymoment) && currentTime.setTitle('Time Updated!')] }) console.log(todaymoment) }, 5000) }) logs: 04/01/2022, 03:30:23am 04/01/2022, 03:30:23am 04/01/2022, 03:30:23am 04/01/2022, 03:30:23am I also tried different library, but results are same. JavaScript questions and answers, JavaScript questions pdf, JavaScript question bank, JavaScript questions and answers pdf, mcq on JavaScript pdf, JavaScript questions and solutions, JavaScript mcq Test , Interview JavaScript questions, JavaScript Questions for Interview, JavaScript MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Answer 1

This could be because you have initialised the var todayMoment once and you are just printing it again and again every timeout, you are not really getting a new time value every 5 seconds. You could place your var todaymoment = moment().format('L, hh:mm:ssa'); inside the setTimeout To explain this you can see the jsFiddle here - https://jsfiddle.net/kjzq567h/4/