html-page timestamp?

linmix · 12-24-2005, 09:49 AM

I'm looking for some info on NQC and found a website that announces it'll post some updates I might be interested in next week. But when is next week? Maybe the page was created 3 years ago and the project abandoned. How can I find out when the page was last modified (I use firefox, but I'm happy to use any other tool if necessary)

DarkElf109 · 12-25-2005, 03:48 AM

I'm not sure there's a way to do this, short of getting a directory listing of the webserver that the page is hosted on, and if it utilizes any sort of dynamic paging, then there's really no way to tell how old a given post or whatnot is unless it's explicitly given.

linmix · 12-25-2005, 11:37 AM

Should be a way though, as wget can check whether the version of a page/file you have downloaded is older than the one available when you use it to mirror a site locally. I guess it uses the servers' dirctory listing, but I'd like to know how to get at that info.

DarkElf109 · 12-25-2005, 04:39 PM

After looking through the wget documentation, it looks like you can try to wget the page with the -N option. That'll turn timestamping on, and shoudl give you what you're looking for if the Last-modified header is set on the page. I'll let you know if I find anything else out.