How to preserve date modified when retrieving file using Apache FTPClient?

Question

I am using org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient for retrieving files from a ftp server. It is crucial that I preserve the last modified timestamp on the file wh

Answer 1

You can modify the timestamp after downloading the file.

The timestamp can be retrieved through the LIST command, or the (non standard) MDTM command.

You can see here how to do modify the time stamp: that: http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-change-the-file-last-modified-date-in-java/