BasicFileAttributes.lastModifiedTime() has the following syntax.
FileTime lastModifiedTime()
In the following code shows how to use BasicFileAttributes.lastModifiedTime() method.
import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes; //from w ww . j a v a 2 s. co m public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BasicFileAttributes attr = null; Path path = Paths.get("C:/tutorial/Java/JavaFX", "Topic.txt"); attr = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class); System.out.println("File was last time modified at: " + attr.lastModifiedTime()); } }