Is it possible to retrieve the last modified date of a file using Javascript?

Question

I have a set of links on a web page that link to PDF forms and .doc forms. These files are not stored in a database, simply stored as they are, locally on the server. Is i

Answer 1

File.lastModified

You can use the File.lastModified property to obtain the last modified date of a file as the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch.

Example:

const file = document.getElementById('input').files[0];
const lastModifiedDate = new Date(file.lastModified);

console.log(`Last Modified Date: ${lastModifiedDate}`);