JavaScript uses setTimeout to achieve countdown effect

<p>Countdown:</p>
<span id="hour">5</span>
<span>:</span>
<span id="minuteTen">0</span>
<span id="minuteBit">0</span>
<span>:</span>
<span id="secondTen">0</span>
<span id="secondBit">0</span>

span{
 display: inline-block;
 width: 20px;
 height: 20px;
 background-color: #000000;
 color: #ffffff;
 text-align: center;
 }

 function time(){
 /*Hour*/
 var hourTxt = document.getElementById("hour");
 var hour = parseInt(document.getElementById("hour").innerHTML);
 /*minute*/
 var minuteTenTxt = document.getElementById("minuteTen");
 var minuteBitTxt = document.getElementById("minuteBit");
 var minuteTen = parseInt(document.getElementById("minuteTen").innerHTML);
 var minuteBit = parseInt(document.getElementById("minuteBit").innerHTML);
 /*Second*/
 var secondTenTxt = document.getElementById("secondTen");
 var secondBitTxt = document.getElementById("secondBit");
 var secondTen = parseInt(document.getElementById("secondTen").innerHTML);
 var secondBit = parseInt(document.getElementById("secondBit").innerHTML);
 function start(){
 hour--;
 hourTxt.innerHTML = hour;
 minuteTen = 5;
 minuteTenTxt.innerHTML = minuteTen;
 minuteBit = 9;
 minuteBitTxt.innerHTML = minuteBit;
 secondTen = 5;
 secondTenTxt.innerHTML = secondTen;
 secondBit = 9;
 secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;

 /*secondBit starts to decrease*/
 function second(){
  secondBit--;
  secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;

  /*Ten seconds later*/
  if(secondBit < 0){
  secondTen--;
  secondTenTxt.innerHTML = secondTen;
  secondBit = 9;
  secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;
  /*Continue countdown*/
  setTimeout(second,1000);

  /*One minute later*/
  if(secondTen < 0){
   minuteBit--;
   minuteBitTxt.innerHTML = minuteBit;
   secondTen = 5;
   secondTenTxt.innerHTML = secondTen;
   secondBit = 9;
   secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;

   /*Ten minutes later*/
   if(minuteBit < 0){
   minuteTen--;
   minuteTenTxt.innerHTML = minuteTen;
   minuteBit = 9;
   minuteBitTxt.innerHTML = minuteBit;
   }

   /*After one hour*/
   if(minuteTen < 0){
   hour--;
   hourTxt.innerHTML = hour;
   minuteTen = 5;
   minuteTenTxt.innerHTML = minuteTen;
   minuteBit = 9;
   minuteBitTxt.innerHTML = minuteBit;
   secondTen = 5;
   secondTenTxt.innerHTML = secondTen;
   secondBit = 9;
   secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;
   }

   /*Countdown ends*/
   if(hour < 0 ){
   hour = 0;
   hourTxt.innerHTML = hour;
   minuteTen = 0;
   minuteTenTxt.innerHTML = minuteTen;
   minuteBit = 0;
   minuteBitTxt.innerHTML = minuteBit;
   secondTen = 0;
   secondTenTxt.innerHTML = secondTen;
   secondBit = 0;
   secondBitTxt.innerHTML = secondBit;
   clearTimeout(second);
   clearTimeout(start);
   }
  }
  }else{
  setTimeout(second,1000);
  }
 }
 setTimeout(second,1000);

 }
 setTimeout(start,1000);
}