Java Count Down Clock

[Jay]

I need to create a recurring count down clock that counts down to 6:00pm every day. I am really struggling to do this. I can create a count down to a date but not a reacurring every day cound down.

Can anyone here help with this?

[Ferral]

Found a Timer info bit on the Oracle site for Java, looks like it could help you out a bit, I dont do programming though. Worth a look though, the description seems to fit what you are wanting to do.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/...til/Timer.html

Also found an excellent post on the Java forums, granted its from 2007 but looks like it has relevant info :

http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/...sing-java.html

Look at the bottom post in that link.

[Peter Parker]

I've been doing Java development for about 10 years, so could probably help, but I'm not sure what you mean.

Do you want it as a GUI, a console app, or just a class that you can ask for the current count down time?

And how should the output be formatted? If the time is 12:00:01, do you want a string like "05:59:59" (or the equivalent output in a GUI?)

Actually, you can probably knock this up in Javascript on a web page - it's just a fixed function of the current time.

[yamangman]

If you can create a count down to a date, can't you just use that and set the 'to' date ahead 24 hours every time you hit 6pm?