Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.Reader; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; import java.util.Date; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Date today = new Date(); long millisecondsPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; URL u = new URL("http://www.java2s.com"); URLConnection uc = u.openConnection(); uc.setIfModifiedSince((new Date(today.getTime() - millisecondsPerDay)).getTime()); InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(uc.getInputStream()); Reader r = new InputStreamReader(in); int c; while ((c = r.read()) != -1) { System.out.print((char) c); } } }