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

Here you can get the file's last modified time in seconds.

fs.stat("filename.json", function(err, stats){
    let seconds = (new Date().getTime() - stats.mtime) / 1000;
    console.log(`File modified ${seconds} ago`);
});

Outputs something like "File modified 300.9 seconds ago"