How can I tell when a MySQL table was last updated?

Question

In the footer of my page, I would like to add something like \"last updated the xx/xx/200x\" with this date being the last time a certain mySQL table has been updated.

Answer 1

Just grab the file date modified from file system. In my language that is:

 tbl_updated = file.update_time(
        "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\data\mydb\person.frm")

Output:

1/25/2013 06:04:10 AM