Date Last Updated

Sorry, Peter, I confused the date last modified script with another one that I got from your site. Anyway, the script that I'm using does indeed return the date last modified as reported in Windows Explorer. The problem is not the script; it's that the file's last modified date is changed to the current date in the publication process, which is what shouldn't happen.

For what it's worth. I'm reproducing the script below. It's one everyone should have.

<script
  type="text/JavaScript"
  language="JavaScript">
<!--
//
// format date as dd-mmm-yy
// example: 12-Jan-99
//
function date_ddmmmyy(date)
{
  var d = date.getDate();
  var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
  var y = date.getYear();

  // handle different year values
  // returned by IE and NS in
  // the year 2000.
  if(y >= 2000)
  {
    y -= 2000;
  }
  if(y >= 100)
  {
    y -= 100;
  }

  // could use splitString() here
  // but the following method is
  // more compatible
  var mmm =
    ( 1==m)?'Jan':( 2==m)?'Feb':(3==m)?'Mar':
    ( 4==m)?'Apr':( 5==m)?'May':(6==m)?'Jun':
    ( 7==m)?'Jul':( 8==m)?'Aug':(9==m)?'Sep':
    (10==m)?'Oct':(11==m)?'Nov':'Dec';

  return "" +
    (d<10?"0"+d:d) + "-" +
    mmm + "-" +
    (y<10?"0"+y:y);
}

//
// get last modified date of the
// current document.
//
function date_lastmodified()
{
  var lmd = document.lastModified;
  var s   = "Unknown";
  var d1;

  // check if we have a valid date
  // before proceeding
  if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd)))
  {
    s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1));
  }

  return s;
}

//
// finally display the last modified date
// as DD-MMM-YY
//
document.write(
  "This page was updated on " +
  date_lastmodified() );

// -->
</script>