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Get the Last Modification Date

    

Get the Last Modification Date

This section contains the detail about how to get the last modification date of a file. This can be done by creating instance of the file using File Class and by applying lastModified() method.

The given below example will give you a clear idea :

Example :

import java.io.File;
import java.sql.Date;

public class LastModificationDate {
public static void main(String[] args) {
File file = new File("DevFile.txt");
Long LM = file.lastModified();
Date date = new Date(LM);
System.out.println(date);
}
}

Output :

The above code will produce the following output :

2011-02-16

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