HTML DOM lastModified Property

Example

Get the date and time the current document was last modified:

var x = document.lastModified;

The result of x will be:

11/13/2014 10:05:21

More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

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Definition and Usage

The lastModified property returns the date and time the current document was last modified.
Note: This property is read-only.

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Browser Support

Property
lastModified	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Syntax

document.lastModified

Technical Details

Return Value:	A String, representing the date and time the document was last modified
DOM Version	Core Level 3 Document Object

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More Examples

Example

Convert the lastModified property into a Date object:

var x = new Date(document.lastModified);

The result of x will be:

Thu Nov 13 2014 10:05:21 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)