Change last modified time of a file or directory in Java
Description
The following code shows how to change last modified time of a file or directory.
Example
//from w ww .j a v a 2 s. c o m
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File fileToChange = new File("C:/myfile.txt");
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());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.