Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; public class Main { /** * * @param filename */ public static String readTimestampFromFile(String filename) { File file = new File(filename); try { if (file.exists()) { BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); return br.readLine(); } } catch (Exception e) { return null; } return null; } }