Problems with String.format()

[Kadir]

Good afternoon. I use the old version of JAVA, 1.4.2.
The program used a thing like String.format(). But when attempting to compile, it makes a mistake of the species.

tl.java:25: cannot resolve symbol  
symbol : method format (java.lang.String,int,int)  
location: class java.lang.String  
tl.this.setText(String.format("%02d:%02d", t / 60, t % 60));

Question is whether there are any alternatives to String.format(s) for JAVA 1.4. 2?
Programme code itself

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class tl extends JLabel

{

public tl (Timer timer)

{

timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(timerTask, 0, 1000);

}
private TimerTask timerTask = new TimerTask()

{

private volatile int time = -1;
private Runnable refresher = new Runnable()
{
    public void run ()
    {
        int t = time;
        tl.this.setText(String.format("%02d:%02d", t / 60, t % 60));
    }
};

public void run ()
{
    time++;
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(refresher);
}

};
public static void main (String[] args)

{

JFrame frame = new JFrame();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

JLabel timerLabel = new tl(new Timer());

timerLabel.setFont(new Font(timerLabel.getFont().getFontName(), timerLabel.getFont().getStyle(), 36));

frame.add(timerLabel);

frame.pack();

frame.setVisible(true);

}

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[Cleofas]

tl.this.setText(String.format("%02d:%02d", (int) t / 60, (int)  t % 60));