File dates
Barely Audible
using the following at the bottom of html pages to show the file
creation/last modified date....
<script>
<!--
document.write("<center>");
document.write("<FONT COLOR=#ffffff>");
document.write("This page was last updated on "+document.lastModified);
document.write("</FONT>");
document.write("</center>");
// -->
</script>
which it did. However on the new machine it only shows the current date
& time. Obviously I have missed something iin the apache setup that will
make it display the the correct file creation/modification date - anyone
tell me what it is?
Many Thanks!
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Jim
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Swifty
> I've changed my web server to a new machine and setup. Previously I was
> using the following at the bottom of html pages to show the file
> creation/last modified date....
>
> <script>
> <!--
> document.write("<center>");
> document.write("<FONT COLOR=#ffffff>");
> document.write("This page was last updated on "+document.lastModified);
> document.write("</FONT>");
> document.write("</center>");
> // -->
> </script>
>
> which it did. However on the new machine it only shows the current date
> & time. Obviously I have missed something iin the apache setup that will
> make it display the the correct file creation/modification date - anyone
> tell me what it is?
That's exactly the construct that I've been using for years
(document.lastModified) and it has worked across all versions of Apache
running under OS/2, Linux and Windows XP. I've never had to do anything
special with apache.
What do you get for the date and time when you display the file? One
thing that might cause this effect would be if you were somehow picking
up the date of last reference, but why this should be happening is a
mystery!
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Barely Audible
I get the current date & time!
One thing I am beginning to suspect is that my pages now have php
embedded in them and I am wondering if the current date and time is
displayed because of the php generating stuff?
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Jim
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executed tomorrow.
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Ed Mullen
Then you may want to use a PHP solution:
<?php
$last_modified = filemtime("map.html");
print(" Last changed: ");
print(date("F j, Y - h:i A", $last_modified));
?>
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Ed Mullen
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Ian Pawson
add this to you html code:-
<h4>Page last modified: <?=date ("j\<\s\u\p\>S\<\/\s\u\p\> F Y H:i:s",
getlastmod()); ?></h4>
Josiah Jenkins
Excellent !
Any way of truncating the info to remove the timestamp ?
ie just show - 27th October 2009 - on the page.
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Barely Audible
Nice! I would have thought that just substituting it for the scrip
section would have worked but it just causes a dreaded white page error
- what have I missed here?
Barely Audible
An even more elegant solution!
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Jim
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timid or the indecisive."
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Swifty
> Nice! I would have thought that just substituting it for the scrip
> section would have worked but it just causes a dreaded white page error
> - what have I missed here?
Most of my "White page errors" are because I have an unmatched quote, or
tag, such as:
<SCRIPT SRC=/debug.js><SCRIPT>
Ed Mullen
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>
>> Then you may want to use a PHP solution:
>>
>> <?php
>> $last_modified = filemtime("map.html");
>> print(" Last changed: ");
>> print(date("F j, Y - h:i A", $last_modified));
>> ?>
>>
>>
> To make this a bit more generic, ie not having to enter the filename,
> add this to you html code:-
>
> <h4>Page last modified:<?=date ("j\<\s\u\p\>S\<\/\s\u\p\> F Y H:i:s",
> getlastmod()); ?></h4>
Nice! Interesting tidbit though. It works on my online server (PHP
version 4.4.9) but not on my local server (PHP v. 5.2.6). Locally it
just displays - Page last modified: followed by the PHP code.
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Ed Mullen
> Ian Pawson wrote:
>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Then you may want to use a PHP solution:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> $last_modified = filemtime("map.html");
>>> print(" Last changed: ");
>>> print(date("F j, Y - h:i A", $last_modified));
>>> ?>
>>>
>>>
>> To make this a bit more generic, ie not having to enter the filename,
>> add this to you html code:-
>>
>> <h4>Page last modified:<?=date ("j\<\s\u\p\>S\<\/\s\u\p\> F Y H:i:s",
>> getlastmod()); ?></h4>
>
> Nice! Interesting tidbit though. It works on my online server (PHP
> version 4.4.9) but not on my local server (PHP v. 5.2.6). Locally it
> just displays - Page last modified: followed by the PHP code.
>
After looking it up I'm guessing it doesn't work on my local machine
because it's Windows, not Linux/Unix as my online server.
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Ed Mullen
> <script>
> <!--
> document.write("<center>");
> document.write("<FONT COLOR=#ffffff>");
> document.write("This page was last updated on "+document.lastModified);
> document.write("</FONT>");
> document.write("</center>");
> // -->
> </script>
Not sure. Do you have a URL for a test page we could look at?
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Ian Pawson
Just remove the H:i:s from the formatting string to remove the time and
remove the S and the <sup></sup> from jS to stop the th after the day
number if you don't want that bit.
Ed Mullen
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>> Ian Pawson wrote:
>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Then you may want to use a PHP solution:
>>>>
>>>> <?php
>>>> $last_modified = filemtime("map.html");
>>>> print(" Last changed: ");
>>>> print(date("F j, Y - h:i A", $last_modified));
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> To make this a bit more generic, ie not having to enter the filename,
>>> add this to you html code:-
>>>
>>> <h4>Page last modified:<?=date ("j\<\s\u\p\>S\<\/\s\u\p\> F Y H:i:s",
>>> getlastmod()); ?></h4>
>>
>> Nice! Interesting tidbit though. It works on my online server (PHP
>> version 4.4.9) but not on my local server (PHP v. 5.2.6). Locally it
>> just displays - Page last modified: followed by the PHP code.
>>
>
> After looking it up I'm guessing it doesn't work on my local machine
> because it's Windows, not Linux/Unix as my online server.
I did a test page using the three different methods: The OP's
javascript, the one I suggested using filemtime and Ian's using
getlastmod. I just checked the page about an hour and twenty minutes
after uploading it to my host (Linux). The other two times are correct
but the javascript version shows the current time (same problem as OP had).
http://edmullen.net/root_example.php
Refresh the page and you'll see what it's doing. Wonder what's up with
that.
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Ed Mullen
Interesting. The page displays identically in: SeaMonkey 2, Firefox 3
and IE8.
In Opera 9.64 the javascript line says:
"Using javascript - This page was last updated on January 1, 1970 GMT" !!!
In Safari (Windows) 3 it says:
"Using javascript - This page was last updated on" - and, yes, I do have
javascript enabled in Safari. ;-)
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Josiah Jenkins
>remove the S and the <sup></sup> from jS to stop the th after the day
>number if you don't want that bit.
Thanks.
Exactly the way I wanted it.
<p><?=date ("jS\ F Y", getlastmod()); ?></p>
Dropped it straight into my PHP footer, job done.
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