Deploy following code in Wildfly 8.2.0 or 8.1.0.Final @Singleton @Startup public class IntervalDemo { @Resource private TimerService timerService; @PostConstruct private void init() { TimerConfig config = new TimerConfig(); config.setPersistent(false); System.out.println("...initializing timer..."); ScheduleExpression exp = new ScheduleExpression(); exp.hour("*").minute("*"); exp.second("*/5"); timerService.createCalendarTimer(exp,config); } @Timeout public void process(Timer timer) { System.out.println(">> Current Time " + new Date()); } } Observed output: 18:18:34,792 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 3) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:34 IST 2016 18:18:34,938 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 4) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:34 IST 2016 18:18:35,001 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 8) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:35 IST 2016 18:18:35,036 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 1) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:35 IST 2016 18:18:35,116 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 5) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:35 IST 2016 18:18:35,255 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 9) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:35 IST 2016 18:18:35,288 INFO [stdout] (EJB default - 7) >> Current Time Fri Feb 26 18:18:35 IST 2016