files/en-us/web/api/svgsvgelement/setcurrenttime/index.md
{{APIRef("SVG")}}
The setCurrentTime() method of the {{domxref("SVGSVGElement")}} interface adjusts the clock for this SVG document fragment, establishing a new current time.
If setCurrentTime() is called before the document timeline has begun (for example, by script running in a {{SVGElement("script")}} element before the document's SVGLoad event is dispatched), then the value of seconds in the last invocation of the method gives the time that the document will seek to once the document timeline has begun.
setCurrentTime(time)
time
None.
<svg
id="exampleSVG"
width="200"
height="200"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<circle id="circle1" cx="100" cy="100" r="50" fill="blue" />
</svg>
<button id="setTimeButton">Set Current Time</button>
<p id="currentTimeDisplay"></p>
const svgElement = document.getElementById("exampleSVG");
const setTimeButton = document.getElementById("setTimeButton");
const currentTimeDisplay = document.getElementById("currentTimeDisplay");
setTimeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Setting the time to 5 seconds
svgElement.setCurrentTime(5);
const currentTime = svgElement.getCurrentTime();
currentTimeDisplay.textContent = `Current time in the SVG: ${currentTime} seconds`;
});
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