Set last modified time of a file or directory - Java File Path IO

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Description

Set last modified time of a file or directory

Demo Code

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class Main {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
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    File file = new File("C://Folder//ReadText.txt");
   
    Date lastModified = new Date(file.lastModified());
    System.out.println("Last modified time of file is : " + lastModified );
   
    lastModified = new Date();
   
    boolean blnSuccess = file.setLastModified(lastModified.getTime());
   
    System.out.println("Was last modified time set successfully ?:" + blnSuccess);
   
    System.out.println("File last modification date is : " + new Date(file.lastModified()));
   
  }
}

Result


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