last modified file date in node.js

Question

I\'m trying to retrieve the last modified date of a file on the server using node.js.

I\'ve tried

file.lastModified;

and

Answer 1

For node v 4.0.0 and later:

fs.stat("/dir/file.txt", function(err, stats){
    var mtime = stats.mtime;
    console.log(mtime);
});

or synchronously:

var stats = fs.statSync("/dir/file.txt");
var mtime = stats.mtime;
console.log(mtime);