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react-use-date

Have you ever used new Date() in React code, but noticed it didn't update?

The current time is: 2025-11-21T19:07:58.291Z

Instead, try using useDate():

import useDate from "react-use-date";

const Clock = () => {
  const date = useDate();

  return <div>The current time is: {date.toISOString()}</div>;
};
The current time is: 2025-11-21T19:08:10.000Z

Options by Example

optionresult
useDate()19:08:10.000
useDate({ interval: 'second' })19:08:10.000
useDate({ interval: 'minute' })19:08:00.001
useDate({ interval: 'hour' })19:07:58.294
useDate({ interval: 1000 })19:08:10.308

Get It!

  • npm install react-use-date
  • GitHub
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