Java IO & NIO - Files.setLastModifiedTime() Examples

package com.logicbig.example.files;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
import java.time.Instant;

public class SetLastModifiedTimeExample {

    public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
        Path path = Files.createTempFile("test-file", ".txt");

        System.out.println("-- lastModifiedTime before --");
        FileTime lastModifiedTime = Files.getLastModifiedTime(path);
        System.out.println(lastModifiedTime);

        Instant instant = Instant.now()
                                 .minusSeconds(10000 * 24 * 60 * 60);
        FileTime fileTime = FileTime.from(instant);
        Files.setLastModifiedTime(path, fileTime);

        System.out.println("-- lastModifiedTime after --");
        lastModifiedTime = Files.getLastModifiedTime(path);
        System.out.println(lastModifiedTime);
    }
}