Eclipse: can't save file - 'negative time' error

Question

When I save a file in Eclipse, it throws an error: "save all failed - negative time".

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Don't know if you solved your problem, but putting an answer here in case someone else stumbles onto this.

I see a similar sounding problem here.

Seems like the file you want to save has a bad timestamp. Try touching the file with another editor to update the timestamp, then see if it will work in Eclipse.

Answer 2

As Tim said, my error was an XML with no Date Modified. Easiest way to do it is open the file with error with notepad and re-save it.