How to run a task daily from Java?

Maybe, that recent post helps you:

Will this pause my Java thread for a minute?

My response for that question is use a java built in implementation based on java.util.Time and java.util.TimerTask classes: Will this pause my Java thread for a minute?

Or, you can use the crontab service for *nix platforms (available for Windows platforms too). That's the simplest and light-weight style to run a standalone job periodically.

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