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How to get file last modified time in Java?
He class named File of the java.io package represents a file or directory (path names) in the system. This class provides various methods to perform various operations on files/directories.
The lastModified() method of the File class returns the last modified time of the file/directory represented by the current File object. You can get the last modified time of a particular file using this method.
Example
Following Java program gets the last modified time of a directory −
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
public class GettingLastmodifiedTime {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String filePath = "D://ExampleDirectory//";
//Creating the File object
File file = new File(filePath);
//Getting the last modified time
long lastModified = file.lastModified();
Date date = new Date(lastModified);
System.out.println("Given file was last modified at: ");
System.out.println(date);
}
}Output
Given file was last modified at: Wed Jul 03 19:20:50 IST 2019
Updated on: 02-Aug-2019
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