Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                Message msg = handler.obtainMessage();
                Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
                SimpleDateFormat dateformat =
                        new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss MM/dd/yyyy",
                                Locale.US);
                String dateString =
                        dateformat.format(new Date());
                bundle.putString("myKey", dateString);
                msg.setData(bundle);
                handler.sendMessage(msg);
            }
        };
        Thread mythread = new Thread(runnable);
        mythread.start();