以下实例演示了使用 File 类的 fileToChange.lastModified() 和 fileToChange setLastModified() 方法来修改文件最后的修改日期:
/*
 author by itshubao.com
 Main.java
 */
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   throws Exception {
      File fileToChange = new File
      ("C:/myjavafile.txt");
      fileToChange.createNewFile();
      Date filetime = new Date
      (fileToChange.lastModified());
      System.out.println(filetime.toString());
      System.out.println
      (fileToChange.setLastModified
      (System.currentTimeMillis()));
      filetime = new Date
      (fileToChange.lastModified());
      System.out.println(filetime.toString());
   }
}
 以上代码运行输出结果为:
Sat Mar 21 22:00:48 CST 2015 true Fri Apr 10 11:09:19 CST 2015