Java How to delay few seconds

In Java, we can use TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep() or Thread.sleep() to delay few seconds.

1. TimeUnit

package com.mkyong;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class JavaDelayExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            System.out.println("Start..." + new Date());
            // delay 5 seconds
            TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
            System.out.println("End..." + new Date());
            // delay 0.5 second
            //TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.sleep(500);
			// delay 1 minute
            //TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(1);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", e);

output

Start...Mon Apr 08 21:42:55 SRET 2019
End...Mon Apr 08 21:43:00 SRET 2019

2. Thread.sleep

package com.mkyong;
import java.util.Date;
public class JavaDelayExample2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            System.out.println("Start..." + new Date());
            // delay 5 seconds
            Thread.sleep(5000);
            System.out.println("End..." + new Date());
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", e);