Timestamp part of java? Import perhaps..

The code below is just a simple java clock from a book that I'm reading. However Timestamp gives me an error:

Timestamp cannot be resolved or is not a type.

Not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong, but see that there is no reference to Timestamp in my code, I would assume it is not a part of my imports.

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
 
public class java_clock {
 
public static void main(String[] args) {

ClockView cv = new ClockView();         cv.setVisible(true); 
        // loop about every 0.5 seconds 
        try { 
            for (;  :wink:   { 
              cv.refreshTimeDisplay(); 
              Thread.sleep(500); 
            } 
        } catch (Exception e) {System.out.println("Error:"+e) ; } 
    } 
} 
 
/** class Clockview handles the display. */
 
class ClockView extends javax.swing.JFrame {     private javax.swing.JLabel tLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel(); 
ClockView() {   // constructor 
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation( 
          javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
    this.setSize(95,45); 
    this.getContentPane().add(tLabel); 
    this.refreshTimeDisplay(); 
} 
protected String getDigitsAsString(int i) { 
    String str = Integer.toString(i); 
    if (i<10) str = "0"+str; 
    return str; 
} 
public void refreshTimeDisplay() { 
 
[B]// *** Here's where I get the error ***
 
    Timestamp t = new Timestamp(); [/B]
    t.fillTimes(); 
    String display = getDigitsAsString(t.hrs) + ":" 
                 + getDigitsAsString(t.mins)  + ":" 
                 + getDigitsAsString(t.secs); 
    tLabel.setText("  " + display ); 
    tLabel.repaint(); 
    } 
}

[ February 15, 2005: Message edited by: Michael Baca ]

I found Timestamp in java.sql.* package.

Yeah I found it there also, however it does not seem to work for anything not releated to database programs. Actually that just sounds dumb. It should work just fine. But when I imported it I get errors by refering to it with t.hrs, t.secs, etc. The the line containing the previous error gives me grief again.

Timestamp has no constructor

I also can't find the method fillTimes()
Use java.util.Date instead of Timestamp

I found the timestamp code.. It was not in the book! But I found it on the books site. Seems impossible to find a decent book these days.. At least for Java.

Thanks for your help. Kinda feel like an idiot though.
[ February 15, 2005: Message edited by: Michael Baca ]

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