.delay()

Gets or sets the animation's initial delay which is the length of time in seconds (or frames for frames-based tweens) before the animation should begin. A tween's starting values are not recorded until after the delay has expired (except in from() tweens which render immediately by default unless immediateRender:false is set in the varsparameter). An animation's delay is unaffected by its timeScale, so if you were to change timeScale from 1 to 10, for example, it wouldn't cause the delay to grow tenfold.

This method serves as both a getter and setter. Omitting the parameter returns the current value (getter), whereas defining the parameter sets the value (setter) and returns the instance itself for easier chaining, likemyAnimation.delay(2).timeScale(0.5).play(1);

var currentDelay = myAnimation.delay(); //gets current delay
myAnimation.delay(2); //sets delay