why my code works in the second situation but not in the first?

I want to know for what reason the programme is working in the second case but not in the first one.

CASE1:-

let tem=document.getElementById('timed').value
let timeBtn=document.getElementById('timed_input');
timeBtn.addEventListener('click',()=>{
    console.log(tem);
})
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CASE2:-

let timeBtn=document.getElementById('timed_input');
timeBtn.addEventListener('click',()=>{
    console.log(document.getElementById('timed').value);
})

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Because value is very likely to be a primitive data type. When you assign a primitive value to a variable, the value is copied to the variable. In contrast, when you assign an object to a variable, you get a reference of the object and not a copy of it.

Take a look at this example.

let a = 20;
let b = a;
a = 30;
console.log(a); // 30
console.log(b); // 20

Even though we assign let b = a, we stored the value of a (20) into b, b and a don't have a relation to each other.

In contrast with non primitive data types, like objects:

let a = { name: "Doria", age: 22 };
let b = a;
b.name = "Nicole";
console.log(a.name); // Nicole
console.log(b.name); // Nicole

In this case, a and b are related, in the sense that they are referencing the same object.