Java Swing Timer Countdown

Question

I have to make a countdown program which also shows the tenths of a second; for example from a 10.0 second countdown, it should display 9.9s, 9.8s, ... 0.0s

Answer 1

Updating the label probably takes more that 1ms, which is why it can't keep up. If you only need to display tenths of a second, simply have your timer update less often.

ActionListener countDown=new ActionListener()
{
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        timeLeft -= 100;
        SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("mm:ss:S");
        jLabel1.setText(df.format(timeLeft));
        if(timeLeft<=0)
        {
            timer.stop();
        }
    }
};
Timer timer=new Timer(100, countdown);