Java - Change File Last Modified Date Timestamp

Change Last Modified Date Timestamp of a File in Java using Commons FileUtils

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

import java.io.File;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File file = new File("pic.jpg");
            long lastModified1 = file.lastModified();
            FileUtils.touch(file);
            long lastModified2 = file.lastModified();
            System.out.println("File date / time was updated: " + (lastModified2 < lastModified1));
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

import java.io.File;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

File file = new File("pic.jpg");

long lastModified1 = file.lastModified();

FileUtils.touch(file);

long lastModified2 = file.lastModified();

System.out.println("File date / time was updated: " + (lastModified2 < lastModified1));

} catch (IOException ex) {

ex.printStackTrace();

}

Output:

File date / time was updated: true

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