<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {
       var thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');
       var now = Date.now();
       $('input[type=text]', thisQuestion).val(now);
  });
</script>

<script>
const start = {starttime};
 
var x = setInterval(function() {
  var distance = Date.now() - start;
 // Time calculations for hours, minutes and seconds
  var hours = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
  var minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
  var seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
 
  // Display the result in the element with id="demo"
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = hours + "h " + minutes + "m " + seconds + "s ";
 
}, 1000);
</script>