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Thread: Timer Class (How to reschedule)

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    Default Timer Class (How to reschedule)

    I have the following code that works in that I can enter the hour, min and sec and it will wait until this time to run the code.

    What I need is to be able to run this permanently and for it to run at 7am every morning (except saturday and sunday).

    How can I alter this code to achieve the following, I also need to have this in its own thread due to other objects running their own code within the same package

    import java.util.Timer;
    import java.util.TimerTask;
    import java.util.Calendar;
    import java.util.TimeZone;
     
     
    public class MyTimer 
    {
        Timer timer;
        Calendar startTime;
     
        public MyTimer(int seconds) 
        {
            startTime = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());
            startTime.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 20);
            startTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 56);
            startTime.set(Calendar.SECOND, 00);
            timer = new Timer();
            timer.schedule(new RunTask(), startTime.getTime(), 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
        }
     
        class RunTask extends TimerTask 
        {
            public void run() 
            {
                System.out.println("It's Time");
                timer.cancel(); //Terminate the timer thread
            }
        }
     
        public static void main(String args[]) 
        {
            new MyTimer(5);
            System.out.println("Waiting");
        }
    }


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    Default Re: Timer Class (How to reschedule)

    Firstly, look into using the Calendar class, which will allow you to track time and dates based upon your requirements. Next, I'd recommend looking into Threads, as these could help you adapt your code for your requirements. For example, you could run a thread (call it T1) which calculates the time until your task needs to fire, the create a timer that fires based upon that time. T1 can call wait, and when the timer fires it can notify T1 to start the circle over again

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    Default Re: Timer Class (How to reschedule)

    Thanks, used the calendar class and works fine

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