{"id":7984,"date":"2024-03-14T07:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-java-timer-class\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:13:51","slug":"how-to-use-the-java-timer-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-java-timer-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Timer Class Tutorial: Schedule Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, you can use the java.util.Timer class to create a timer. Here is a simple example code demonstrating how to use the Timer class to execute scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.Timer;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.util.TimerTask;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">TimerExample<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-type\">Timer<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">timer<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Timer<\/span>();\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-type\">TimerTask<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">task<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">TimerTask<\/span>() {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Override<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">run<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n                System.out.println(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Task executed at: \"<\/span> + System.currentTimeMillis());\r\n            }\r\n        };\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8bbe\u7f6e\u5b9a\u65f6\u4efb\u52a1\uff0c\u5728\u5ef6\u8fdf1000\u6beb\u79d2\u540e\u6267\u884c\u4efb\u52a1\uff0c\u7136\u540e\u6bcf\u96942000\u6beb\u79d2\u6267\u884c\u4e00\u6b21<\/span>\r\n        timer.schedule(task, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1000<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2000<\/span>);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, a Timer object is first created, followed by a TimerTask object where the run() method is overridden to define the task to be executed. 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