How to change the last modification time of a file ?
Solution:
This example shows how to change the last modification time of a file with the help of fileToChange.lastModified() and fileToChange setLastModified() methods of File class .
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws Exception {
File fileToChange = new File
("C:/myjavafile.txt");
fileToChange.createNewFile();
Date filetime = new Date
(fileToChange.lastModified());
System.out.println(filetime.toString());
System.out.println
(fileToChange.setLastModified
(System.currentTimeMillis()));
filetime = new Date
(fileToChange.lastModified());
System.out.println(filetime.toString());
}
}
Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result.The result may vary depending upon the system time.
Sat Oct 18 19:58:20 GMT+05:30 2008
true
Sat Oct 18 19:58:20 GMT+05:30 2008