[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/common](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common) › [Time](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Time) › setTimeout

```ts
function setTimeout(duration: Duration): Promise<void>;
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Time.ts:322](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/e7144e2bbe9069362b62dec1b64a8aa922b8f1b0/packages/common/src/Time.ts#L322)

Returns a Promise that resolves after the specified duration.

Uses [Duration](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Time/type-aliases/Duration) parsing and `globalThis.setTimeout`.

### Example

```ts
await setTimeout("1ms");
```