Example of getLastModifiedTime() method in java.nio.*.

Question

In Java 1.7, I'd read there are direct method to get last modified time of a file but I cant figure out what values should i pass to the parameters of LinkOptions. I'd appreciate the Most Simple Example. Thank You!

Answer 1

Path file = ...
BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(file, BasicFileAttributes.class);
FileTime time = attrs.lastModifiedTime();

Java Doc BasicFileAttributes#lastModifiedTime

Answer 2

Or directly:

File file = new File(...);
FileTime time = Files.getLastModifiedTime(file.toPath());