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How to display the last modified date
So you want to display the date your page was last modified? It's just a matter of displaying the document.lastModified property in JavaScript, but displaying it in a more user-friendly format is going to take some code.
If you're in a hurry, simply copy and paste the following code on to your web page (where you want the last modified date to appear): <script type="text/JavaScript" language="JavaScript"> <!-- // // format date as dd-mmm-yy // example: 12-Jan-99 // function date_ddmmmyy(date) { var d = date.getDate(); var m = date.getMonth() + 1; var y = date.getYear(); // handle different year values // returned by IE and NS in // the year 2000. if(y >= 2000) { y -= 2000; } if(y >= 100) { y -= 100; } // could use splitString() here // but the following method is // more compatible var mmm = ( 1==m)?'Jan' 2==m)?'Feb'3==m)?'Mar': ( 4==m)?'Apr' 5==m)?'May'6==m)?'Jun': ( 7==m)?'Jul' 8==m)?'Aug'9==m)?'Sep': (10==m)?'Oct'11==m)?'Nov':'Dec'; return "" + (d<10?"0"+d:d) + "-" + mmm + "-" + (y<10?"0"+y:y); } // // get last modified date of the // current document. // function date_lastmodified() { var lmd = document.lastModified; var s = "Unknown"; var d1; // check if we have a valid date // before proceeding if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd))) { s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1)); } return s; } // // finally display the last modified date // as DD-MMM-YY // document.write( "This page was updated on " + date_lastmodified() ); // --> </script> How does it work?
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