Displays the time in a GUI using NGP

Question

how can I add a text box to a GUI that displays the current time?
similar to what is displayed on a windows Start Bar
I am new to java, creating my first GUI using the NGP version of the swing package

Answer 1

EWWW :.... Formatted this time.. =)
Oh, to answer the question:
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.DateFormat;
* Time display label with auto update.
* @author Derisor
public class TimeLabel extends JLabel implements ActionListener {
  private Timer myTimer;
  private Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
  private DateFormat df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
  public TimeLabel () {
     myTimer = new Timer(1000. this);
     myTimer.start();
  public voidActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     if (e.getSource() == myTimer)
      this.setText(df.format(cal.getTime()));
}