Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes; public class Main { static void getAttributes(String pathStr) throws IOException { Path p = Paths.get(pathStr); BasicFileAttributes view = Files.getFileAttributeView(p, BasicFileAttributeView.class).readAttributes(); System.out.println(view.creationTime() + " is the same as " + view.lastModifiedTime()); } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { for (String s : args) { getAttributes(s); } } }