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Thread ID: 95306 2008-12-01 21:48:00 find web page publication date colmack (2939) Press F1
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724752 2008-12-01 21:48:00 How can you find out when any page was published on the web? I remember reading about a method - I think in PressF1 - which involved entering a simple code in the address bar once the page was open. But that was a long time ago, and I've forgotten how.

Help appreciated.
colmack (2939)
724753 2008-12-01 22:16:00 Try this


javascript:alert(document.lastModified)


*Edit*
no maybe not what you want - I'll keep thinking! lol
bevy121 (117)
724754 2008-12-01 22:56:00 Here's a wee trick that may be of use :D

You can use google to find the earliest date the page was indexed, which is usually pretty close to the publication date

Here's the result (www.google.co.uk mdisplay.php%3Ff%3D4&as_qdr=y10&btnG=Search&meta=) if I was looking for the PressF1 earliest date

just replace the hxxp://forums.pcworld.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=4 in the search pane with the web page url you want to find the date for...
bevy121 (117)
724755 2008-12-01 23:03:00 The javascript:alert(document.lastModified) was what I used a while ago, when I asked the same question :)

Didnt seem to work accurately on *all* sites - but some it did!
Chilling_Silence (9)
724756 2008-12-02 04:51:00 Try this


javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

Oh, that is a nifty trick to know :)
Jen (38)
724757 2008-12-02 05:24:00 You could also try this, which should fish the date out of the headers directly. Note it won't work with all pages.

javascript:try{var a=new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');}catch(e){var a=new XMLHttpRequest();}a.open('HEAD',location,false);a. send(null);var s=a.getResponseHeader('Last-Modified');if(s!=null)alert('Last Modified: '+s);else{var s=a.getResponseHeader('Date');if(s!=null)alert('Da te: '+s);else alert('Unknown Date')}
Erayd (23)
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