import java.util.Date; import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; public class MyTimerTask extends TimerTask { @Override public void run() { System.out.println("Timer task started at:"+new Date()); completeTask(); System.out.println("Timer task finished at:"+new Date()); } private void completeTask() { try { //assuming it takes 20 secs to complete the task Thread.sleep(20000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static void main(String args[]){ TimerTask timerTask = new MyTimerTask(); //running timer task as daemon thread Timer timer = new Timer(true); timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(timerTask, 0, 10*1000); System.out.println("TimerTask started"); //cancel after sometime try { Thread.sleep(120000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } timer.cancel(); System.out.println("TimerTask cancelled"); try { Thread.sleep(30000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }