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Java Example - Modifying the Last Modified Date of a File

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The following example demonstrates how to modify the last modified date of a file using the fileToChange.lastModified() and fileToChange.setLastModified() methods of the File class:

Main.java File

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());
    }
}

The above code outputs the following results when run:

Sat Mar 21 22:00:48 CST 2015
true
Fri Apr 10 11:09:19 CST 2015

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