File.lastModifiedDate

The File.lastModifiedDate read-only property returns the last modified date of the file. Files without a known last modified date returns the current date .

Syntax

var time = instanceOfFile.lastModifiedDate

Value

A Date object.

Example

// fileInput is a HTMLInputElement: <input type="file" multiple id="myfileinput">
var fileInput = document.getElementById("myfileinput");

// files is a FileList object (simliar to NodeList)
var files = fileInput.files;

for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
  alert(files[i].name + " has a last modified date of " + files[i].lastModifiedDate);
}

Specifications

Though present in early draft of the File API spec, this method has been removed from it and is now non-standard.

Browser compatibility

See also

• File