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Node.js - get last modified date of file

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In this article, we would like to show you how to get last modified date of file in Node.js.

Quick solution:

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const fs = require('fs');
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// path to file
const filePath = './file.txt';
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// get last modification date
const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
const result = stats.mtime;
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console.log(result); // 2021-09-11T09:12:05.051Z

Practical example

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In this example, we create a reusable function that returns last file modification date.

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const fs = require('fs');
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const filePath = './file.txt';
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const getLastModificationDate = (path) => {
  const stats = fs.statSync(path);
  return stats.mtime;
};
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console.log(getLastModificationDate(filePath));