URL Hack to See When Page Was Last Updated

Contributor Icon Contributed by MickeyMouse Date Icon August 27, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: Internet

I love quick little useful hacks. Using one line of javascript, you can see when the last time a web page was updated. Here is the code to paste into your address box…


Since I found this, I have been using it all the time. It turns out to be a lot more useful than I ever imagined.

I just did it as I am editing this tech-recipe to show you what it looks like…



Try it. Right now! :) Just paste this code into your address bar and hit ENTER:

javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

This code will display the last time any web page was updated and display it in a message box on your screen.

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