Schedule a task by using Timer and TimerTask.

     

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

class AutoTask extends TimerTask {
  AutoTask() {
  }

  public void run() {
    System.out.println(new Date());
  }

}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    AutoTask myTask = new AutoTask();
    Timer bkTimer = new Timer();

    bkTimer.schedule(myTask, 2000, 2000);

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
      try {
        Thread.sleep(2100);
      } catch (InterruptedException exc) {
      }
    }
    bkTimer.cancel();
  }
}

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