diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/pom.xml
index 6b126a978b..155b8ad0b7 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@
             <artifactId>hirondelle-date4j</artifactId>
             <version>${hirondelle-date4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <joda-time.version>2.10</joda-time.version>
         <hirondelle-date4j.version>1.5.1</hirondelle-date4j.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.14.0</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTask.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..322c1d2f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.timer;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
+public class DatabaseMigrationTask extends TimerTask {
+    private List<String> oldDatabase;
+    private List<String> newDatabase;
+
+    public DatabaseMigrationTask(List<String> oldDatabase, List<String> newDatabase) {
+        this.oldDatabase = oldDatabase;
+        this.newDatabase = newDatabase;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        newDatabase.addAll(oldDatabase);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTask.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16dd6c12ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.timer;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
+public class NewsletterTask extends TimerTask {
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        System.out.println("Email sent at: "
+          + LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(scheduledExecutionTime()), ZoneId.systemDefault()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTaskUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTaskUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f3ae63901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/DatabaseMigrationTaskUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.baeldung.timer;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class DatabaseMigrationTaskUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    void givenDatabaseMigrationTask_whenTimerScheduledForNowPlusTwoSeconds_thenDataMigratedAfterTwoSeconds() throws Exception {
+        List<String> oldDatabase = Arrays.asList("Harrison Ford", "Carrie Fisher", "Mark Hamill");
+        List<String> newDatabase = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        LocalDateTime twoSecondsLater = LocalDateTime.now().plusSeconds(2);
+        Date twoSecondsLaterAsDate = Date.from(twoSecondsLater.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant());
+
+        new Timer().schedule(new DatabaseMigrationTask(oldDatabase, newDatabase), twoSecondsLaterAsDate);
+
+        while (LocalDateTime.now().isBefore(twoSecondsLater)) {
+            assertThat(newDatabase).isEmpty();
+            Thread.sleep(500);
+        }
+        assertThat(newDatabase).containsExactlyElementsOf(oldDatabase);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenDatabaseMigrationTask_whenTimerScheduledInTwoSeconds_thenDataMigratedAfterTwoSeconds() throws Exception {
+        List<String> oldDatabase = Arrays.asList("Harrison Ford", "Carrie Fisher", "Mark Hamill");
+        List<String> newDatabase = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        new Timer().schedule(new DatabaseMigrationTask(oldDatabase, newDatabase), 2000);
+
+        LocalDateTime twoSecondsLater = LocalDateTime.now().plusSeconds(2);
+
+        while (LocalDateTime.now().isBefore(twoSecondsLater)) {
+            assertThat(newDatabase).isEmpty();
+            Thread.sleep(500);
+        }
+        assertThat(newDatabase).containsExactlyElementsOf(oldDatabase);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTaskUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTaskUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffbe39c2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timer/NewsletterTaskUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.timer;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Timer;
+
+class NewsletterTaskUnitTest {
+    private final Timer timer = new Timer();
+
+    @AfterEach
+    void afterEach() {
+        timer.cancel();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenNewsletterTask_whenTimerScheduledEachSecondFixedDelay_thenNewsletterSentEachSecond() throws Exception {
+        timer.schedule(new NewsletterTask(), 0, 1000);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenNewsletterTask_whenTimerScheduledEachSecondFixedRate_thenNewsletterSentEachSecond() throws Exception {
+        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new NewsletterTask(), 0, 1000);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        }
+    }
+}
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