HTML DOM Document lastModified

Get the date and time the document was last modified:

let text = document.lastModified;

Convert the lastModified property into a date object:

const date = new Date(document.lastModified);

Description

The lastModified property returns the date and time the document was last modified.

The lastModified property is read-only.

The "Try it Yourself" examples always return the current date/time because the document was created at run time.

document.lastModified

Type	Description
String	The date and time the document was last modified.

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

It is fully supported in all modern browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11