Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
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 indicating the date and time at which the file was last modified.
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); }
Reduced time precision
To offer protection against timing attacks and fingerprinting, the precision of someFile.lastModifiedDate.getTime()
might get rounded depending on browser settings.
In Firefox, the privacy.reduceTimerPrecision
preference is enabled by default and defaults to 20us in Firefox 59; in 60 it will be 2ms.
// reduced time precision (2ms) in Firefox 60 someFile.lastModifiedDate.getTime(); // 1519211809934 // 1519211810362 // 1519211811670 // ... // reduced time precision with `privacy.resistFingerprinting` enabled someFile.lastModifiedDate.getTime(); // 1519129853500 // 1519129858900 // 1519129864400 // ...
In Firefox, you can also enable privacy.resistFingerprinting
, the precision will be 100ms or the value of privacy.resistFingerprinting.reduceTimerPrecision.microseconds
, whichever is larger.
Specifications
Though present in early draft of the File API spec, this property has been removed from it and is now non-standard. Use File.lastModified
instead.
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lastModifiedDate | Chrome Full support 13 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox No support 15 — 61 | IE Full support 10 | Opera Full support 16 | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.