JavaScript----setInterval

晚上写一个chrome的小插件，碰到setInterval的问题，下面是可以实时显示时钟的：

function my_clock() {
    var today = new Date();
    var hour = today.getHours();
    var minute = today.getMinutes();
    var second = today.getSeconds();
    var time;
    minute = (minute < 10) ? ("0" + minute) : minute;
    second = (second < 10) ? ("0" + second) : second;
    time = hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second;
    document.getElementById("clock_div").innerHTML = time;

}

setInterval(function() {
        my_clock()
    }, 1000);

但是之前的代码放在while循环里就不对了：

function my_clock() {
    var today = new Date();
    var hour = today.getHours();
    var minute = today.getMinutes();
    var second = today.getSeconds();
    var time;
    minute = (minute < 10) ? ("0" + minute) : minute;
    second = (second < 10) ? ("0" + second) : second;
    time = hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second;
    document.getElementById("clock_div").innerHTML = time;

}

while(1){
    setTimeout(function() {
        my_clock()
    }, 1000);
}

while(1)改成for循环发现反复调用setTimeout但不进入my_clock()