[Q#1655357][A#1655450] How do I say 5 seconds from now in Java?

https://stackoverflow.com/q/1655357

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

Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1655450

Date is almost entirely deprecated and is still there for backward compatibility reasons. If you need to set particular dates or do date arithmetic, use a Calendar:

APIzation

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); // gets a calendar using the default time zone and locale.
calendar.add(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
System.out.println(calendar.getTime());

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Human1655450 {

  public static Date getCalendarTime() {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); // gets a calendar using the default time zone and locale.
    calendar.add(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
    return calendar.getTime();
  }
}

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * How do I say 5 seconds from now in Java?
 *
 * @author APIzator
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1655450">https://stackoverflow.com/a/1655450</a>
 */
public class APIzator1655450 {

  public static Date saySecond() throws Exception {
    // gets a calendar using the default time zone and locale.
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.add(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
    return calendar.getTime();
  }
}