public static FileTime from(long value, TimeUnit unit)

Returns a FileTime representing a value at the given unit of granularity.

public static FileTime fromMillis(long value)

Returns a FileTime representing the given value in milliseconds.

public static FileTime from(Instant instant)

Returns a FileTime representing the same point of time value on the time-line as the provided Instant object.

public long to(TimeUnit unit)

Returns the value at the given unit of granularity.

Conversion from a coarser granularity that would numerically overflow saturate to Long.MIN_VALUE if negative or Long.MAX_VALUE if positive.

public long toMillis()

Returns the value in milliseconds.

Conversion from a coarser granularity that would numerically overflow saturate to Long.MIN_VALUE if negative or Long.MAX_VALUE if positive.

public Instant toInstant()

Converts this FileTime object to an Instant.

The conversion creates an Instant that represents the same point on the time-line as this FileTime.

FileTime can store points on the time-line further in the future and further in the past than Instant. Conversion from such further time points saturates to Instant.MIN if earlier than Instant.MIN or Instant.MAX if later than Instant.MAX.

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Tests this FileTime for equality with the given object.

The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a FileTime that represents the same time. This method satisfies the general contract of the Object.equals method.

public int hashCode()

Computes a hash code for this file time.

The hash code is based upon the value represented, and satisfies the general contract of the Object.hashCode() method.

public int compareTo(FileTime other)

Compares the value of two FileTime objects for order.

public String toString()

Returns the string representation of this FileTime. The string is returned in the ISO 8601 format:

     YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.s+]Z
 

where "[.s+]" represents a dot followed by one of more digits for the decimal fraction of a second. It is only present when the decimal fraction of a second is not zero. For example, FileTime.fromMillis(1234567890000L).toString() yields "2009-02-13T23:31:30Z", and FileTime.fromMillis(1234567890123L).toString() yields "2009-02-13T23:31:30.123Z".

A FileTime is primarily intended to represent the value of a file's time stamp. Where used to represent extreme values, where the year is less than "0001" or greater than "9999" then this method deviates from ISO 8601 in the same manner as the XML Schema language. That is, the year may be expanded to more than four digits and may be negative-signed. If more than four digits then leading zeros are not present. The year before "0001" is "-0001".