Re: take a look ... it's basic but it's mine, all mine!!!

i'm not llloyd wood wrote On 04/20/07 15:12,:


    Did you mean to ask a question about the code?
There are some awkwardnesses and oddities; were you
perhaps looking for commentary? Sad to say, a few
of us out here in Usenetland are not mind readers.

/**
 * @(#)MyClock2.java
 *
 *
 * @Kevin
 * @version 1.00 2007/4/20
 */
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.text.*;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import javax.swing.*;

        

public class BigFonts {

public static String doTime(String ts){

    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    String am_pm="";
    String timeString= "";
    
    String s ="";
    String m ="";
    
    int second = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);
    int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
    int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR);
    
      if(calendar.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == 0)
      am_pm = " AM";
      else
      am_pm = " PM";
      
      timeString = hour+":"+minute+":"+second+am_pm;
      if (second < 10){
       s = "0" + second;
       timeString= hour+":"+minute+":"+s+am_pm;
      }
           if (minute < 10){
            m = "0"+minute;
       timeString= hour+":"+m+":"+second+am_pm;
           }
 
       if(hour >= 12){
                   hour = hour - 12; // force 12 hour clock
                   timeString= hour+":"+minute+":"+second+am_pm;
       }
                return timeString;
          

}

public static void addToBox(String theTime)
{
       Font big = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 50);
       JButton thedisplay = new JButton(theTime);
       thedisplay.setFont(big);
       JFrame display = new JFrame("What Time is it?");
       display.add(thedisplay);
       display.setBackground(Color.CYAN);
       display.setSize(300,100);
       display.setFont(big);
       display.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       display.setVisible(true);

  }

  public static void main(String[] args){

  String st = " ";
  Thread t = new Thread();
  t.start();
  try{
     for (;;) { // forever
        addToBox(doTime(st));
        t.sleep(1000);
  } // forever
  }catch (Exception e){
   //{ who cares?)
  } // catch
  }
  
}