Use Timer Task to run a loop at a certain time

Question

import java.util.*;
class Run30Sec {
public static void main( String args[] )
int numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture = 10000; // 10 sec
Date timeToRun = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()+numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture);
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
public void run() {
// Task here ...
for (; ;;) {
System.out.println("Run 10 secs");
}, timeToRun);
}

Answer 1

It starts after ten seconds delay and runs for five seconds.
import java.util.*;
class Run5Sec {
  static boolean go = true;
  public static void main( String args[] ){
    int numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture = 10000; // 10 sec
    // you could use schedule(TimerTask task, long delay)
    // instead of Date
    Date timeToRun
      = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture);
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new TimerTask(){
      public void run(){
        Timer ttimer = new Timer();
        ttimer.schedule(new TimerTask(){
          public void run(){
            go = false;
        }, 5000); // exit the timer after five seconds
        while (go) {
          System.out.println("I will run only for 5 secs.");
        System.exit(0);
    }, timeToRun);
}