HTML DOM Document lastModified attribute

Definition and usage

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

lastModified The property is read-only.

hint

The 'try it yourself' instance always returns the current date/time, because the document is created at runtime.

instance

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 date and time of the last modification of the document.

browser support

document.lastModified Is 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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