How do I say 5 seconds from now in Java?

Question

I am looking at the Date documentation and trying to figure out how I can express NOW + 5 seconds. Here\'s some pseudocode:

import java.util.Date
public clas         


        

Answer 1

As others have pointed out, in Joda it's much easier:

DateTime dt = new DateTime();
DateTime added = dt.plusSeconds(5);

I would strongly recommend you migrate to Joda. Almost any Java date-related question on SO resolves to a Joda recommendation :-) The Joda API is supposed to be the basis of the new standard Java date API (JSR310), so you'll be migrating towards a new standard.