how to create a new syntax in java?

Can you help me display the amount of time between now and April 24, 2011 in java?

• I am trying to make a countdown from now until April 24, 2011. I wan't it to display days hours minutes and seconds. I am trying to us my old code from class but cannot remember the syntax too well. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! Here is my code: import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.util.Calendar; import static java.util.Calendar.*; public class MSecSinceApplet extends JApplet { // Instance variables private Calendar nowCal; // Stores this instant private Calendar yearStart; // Stores start of the year private Timer oneSec; // Timer fires once a second private Font bigFont; // A larger font to display private boolean firstPaint; // True until paint has been called // Constants private final int DELAY = 500; private final int MILLI_PER_SEC = 1000; private final int SEC_PER_MIN = 60; private final int MIN_PER_HR = 60; private final int HR_PER_DAY = 24; /** * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet * that it has been loaded into the system. It is always called * before the first time that the start method is called. */ public void init() { // Initialize the listener oneSec = new Timer(DELAY, new ClockListener()); // Get an instance of a Calendar to set. yearStart = Calendar.getInstance(); // Set yearStart to New Years in this time zone. yearStart.set(2011,0,1,0,0,0); // We haven't run paint yet. firstPaint = true; } /** * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that * it should start its execution. It is called after the init method * and each time the JApplet is revisited in a Web page. */ public void start() { oneSec.start(); } /** * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this JApplet that * it should stop its execution. It is called when the Web page that * contains this JApplet has been replaced by another page, and also * just before the JApplet is to be destroyed. */ public void stop() { oneSec.stop(); } /** * Paint method for applet. * @param g the Graphics object for this applet */ public void paint(Graphics g) { // Get a calendar set to right now. nowCal = Calendar.getInstance(); // Check to see if it is the first time paint is called. if(firstPaint) { // Only derive the font the first time. firstPaint = false; // Derive a bigger font based on the default font. // This technique is more portable than naming a // font explicitly. Font defFont = g.getFont(); // Create a larger font. bigFont = defFont.deriveFont((float)(1.5*defFont.g… } // Set g's font to the larger version. g.setFont(bigFont); // Blank out the screen. g.setColor(Color.white); g.fillRect(0, 0, 500, 500); // Display the present time in millisecs past the epoch. g.setColor(Color.black); String timeString = "It is now " + nowCal.getTimeInMillis() + " millisecs past the epoch."; g.drawString(timeString, 20, 200); // Display the time in millisecs since New Years. String sinceString = "This is " + (nowCal.getTimeInMillis() - yearStart.getTimeInMillis()) + " millisecs since the new year."; g.drawString(sinceString, 20, 250); } private class ClockListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { // Repaints the screen after each DELAY millisec repaint(); } } }

• Answer:

  Perhaps studying the documentation will help you sort things out: http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html