class Counter
{  
  private static int c_year = 0;  
  private static int c_day_of_year = 0;
 
  private static int bumped = 0;
 
  Counter()
  {
    
  }
 
  public void bump()
  {
    // You may prefere the 
    // GregorianCalendar.getInstance(); // For efficiency reasons !
    GregorianCalendar now = new GregorianCalendar();
    // May also be willing ot check other things
    // but this is the minimum (enough).
    now_year = now.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    now_day_of_year = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
 
    if ( 0 == bumped++ )    
    {
      c_year = now_year;
      day_of_year = now_day_of_year;
 
      sendMessage();
      return;
    } else   
      if ( c_year == now_year
           || day_of_year == now_day_of_year)
      {
        sendMessage(); 
      )
  }
}