Displaying Time

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Time

{

public Time()

{

}

public static void main(String args[])

{

Time t=new Time();

String time=t.CallTime();

System.out.println("Time: "+time);

}

public String CallTime()

{

Date date=new Date();

SimpleDateFormat sdate=new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ssa");

GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

cal.setTime(date);

int hour24 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

int minute = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);

String result=hour24 +":"+minute;

return result;

}

}

sony_tja at 2007-7-12 8:50:58 >

> SimpleDateFormat for the display format

> JLabel to display the time

> javax.swing.Timer (set for 1 sec) to set the label's

> time

>

> But can you explain it in detail.

The [url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/swing/Timer.html]API documentation[/url] explains it (and provides a link to a tutorial as well.)

TimTheEnchantora at 2007-7-12 8:50:58 >