HTML DOM Document lastModified Property

Definition and Usage

lastModified The property returns the date and time of the last modification of the document.

lastModified The property is read-only.

Tip

"Try it yourself" examples always return the current date/time because the document is created at runtime.

Example

Example 1

Get the date and time of the last modification of the document:

let text = document.lastModified;

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Example 2

Convert the lastModified attribute to a date object:

const date = new Date(document.lastModified);

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Syntax

document.lastModified

Return value

Type Description
String The date and time of the last modification of the document.

Browser support

document.lastModified It is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.

All browsers support it:

Chrome IE Edge Firefox Safari Opera
Chrome IE Edge Firefox Safari Opera
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