AgeFileFilter

To get the list of files of directory is simple. If we want the list of files depending on the modified date time of the file. This can be achived by using AgeFileFilter from Apache’s commons-io.

Get the list of files which is modified with in 24 hrs:

String files[] = new File("myLocation").list();

will return all files in the folder(myLocation).
To get the recent files we can use AgeFileFilter

private static FileFilter getFileFilter() {
	Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
	cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
	return new AgeFileFilter(cal.getTime(), false);
}

Here AgeFileFilter takes cutoff period and a boolean
boolean false indicates the files created after the given cutoff period and vice versa.
And this FileFilter has to apply for the listFiles of dir

Files files[] = new File("myLocation").listFiles(getFileFilter());

will return the array of files which are been modified with in 24 hrs.