Hi Roger, So I guess this might be satisfy your and Stuart’s comments:
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java @@ -932,7 +932,9 @@ * @return A <code>long</code> value representing the time the file was * last modified, measured in milliseconds since the epoch * (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), or <code>0L</code> if the - * file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs + * file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs; the value may + * be negative indicating the number of milliseconds before the epoch Thanks, Brian On May 23, 2017, at 7:03 AM, Roger Riggs <roger.ri...@oracle.com> wrote: > I don't think you need to mention the absolute value. > > + * file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs; the value may > + * be negative indicating the number of milliseconds before the > epoch