// Here is how to get the file last modified date into displayable form:
// What a production!!
File f = new File( "abc.txt" );
long timestamp = f.lastModified();
Date when = new Date(timestamp);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "EEEE yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss aa zz : zzzzzz" );
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()); // local time
String display = sdf.format(when);