How To Get The File’s Last Modified Date & time In Java?
In Java, you can use the File.lastModified() to get the file’s last modified timestamps. This method will returns the time in milliseconds (long value), you may to format it with SimpleDateFormat to make it a human readable format.
File Last Modified Date and Time
import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class GetFileLastModifiedDate
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
File file = new File("c:\Core java.ppt");
System.out.println("Before Format : " + file.lastModified());
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
System.out.println("After Format : " + sdf.format(file.lastModified()));
}
}
Result :
Before Format : 1359018283231
After Format : 03/24/2013 12:34:33
