Java TimerTask - scheduledExecutionTime() Method

The java.util.TimerTask.scheduledExecutionTime() method returns the scheduled execution time of the most recent actual execution of this task.

Syntax

public long scheduledExecutionTime()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the time at which the most recent execution of this task was scheduled to occur, in the format returned by Date.getTime(). The return value is undefined if the task has yet to commence its first execution.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.TimerTask.scheduledExecutionTime() method is used to get the scheduled execution time of the most recent actual execution of the given task.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a timer
    Timer timer = new Timer();

    //creating a timertask
    TimerTask tt = new TimerTask() {
      public void run() {
        System.out.println("Working on the task.");
      };
    };
    
    //scheduling the task to be executed  
    //immediately and after that execute
    //the task at period of 1000 milliseconds
    timer.schedule(tt, 0, 1000);

    //checking scheduled execution time
    System.out.println("Time is :" + tt.scheduledExecutionTime());
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

Working on the task.
Time is :1620445689194
Working on the task.
Working on the task.
Working on the task.
Working on the task.
Working on the task.
and so on ...