Timer in Java

My name is Brian M. Parr and I am the lead designer, programmer and CEO of WinterLust Studios and we are currently working on a video game titled Supremacy: The Song of Fire and Ice. We are looking for a way to have a timer in the game so that we can have day and night along with the four seasons included in the game. We know how to use the sleep() meathod to count time. However when using the sleep() meathod the computer sleeps (go figure!) and does nothing for the given milliseconds. We need a way to count the time without the computer stopping (multi-tasking for the computer in essence). If anyone can help me I would apprieciate it alot. Thanks
Brian M. Parr
Lead Designer, Programmer, CEO
WinterLust Studios Admin

No I go to cal poly but interesting that there are more than one of me (I'm also an FBI agent according to a google.com search I did). No I need a way to time events IN the program not get the time on the computer (although that might be fun to play around with :-)). I need a way to track night and day based on how lnog the user has played the game. For example after an hour of playing it would turn to night time and after anoughter hour it would be day again. I found a class java.util.Timer but I was wondering if there was a faster/more efficient way of doing it.
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