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copied!<p>If what worries you is to create unneeded objects you can alway create an object which in turn creates/"destroy" all the references, so the objects created may be gc'ed. </p> <p>In the worst case, you'll have 12 unneeded objects in a year, which, I think is bearable. Still your concern is valid. </p> <p>Here's my attempt following Joel's suggestion of schedule at the end of the execution. Notice, the current Timer is replaced by a new one, so, both, the timer and the timer task could be gc'ed. </p> <pre><code>package monthly.schedule; import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Calendar; public class MonthlyTimer { // What to do private final Runnable whatToDo; // when private final int dayOfMonth; private final int hourOfDay; // The current timer private Timer current = new Timer();//to avoid NPE public void cancelCurrent() { current.cancel();// cancel this execution; current.purge(); // removes the timertask so it can be gc'ed } // create a new instance public static MonthlyTimer schedule( Runnable runnable, int dayOfMonth, int hourOfDay ) { return new MonthlyTimer( runnable, dayOfMonth, hourOfDay ); } private MonthlyTimer(Runnable runnable, int day, int hour ) { this.whatToDo = runnable; this.dayOfMonth = day; this.hourOfDay = hour; schedule(); } // Schedules the task for execution on next month. private void schedule() { // Do you mean like this? cancelCurrent(); current = new Timer(); // assigning a new instance // will allow the previous Timer to be gc'ed current.schedule( new TimerTask() { public void run() { try { whatToDo.run(); } finally { schedule();// schedule for the next month } } } , nextDate() ); } // Do the next date stuff private Date nextDate() { Calendar runDate = Calendar.getInstance(); runDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dayOfMonth); runDate.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourOfDay); runDate.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); runDate.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);//set to next month return runDate.getTime(); } } class UseIt { public static void main( String [] args ) { int the1st = 1; int at16hrs = 16; MonthlyTimer t = MonthlyTimer.schedule( new Runnable() { public void run() { System.out.println( "Hola" ); }}, the1st, at16hrs ); // will print "Hola" every 1st at 16:00 hrs. // if needed you can cancel with: t.cancelCurrent(); } } </code></pre>

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