[WEB4LIB] date last modified script?

[Brian Sheppard]

In that in won't work when javscript is turned off, I'd recommend either
some sort of perl script that actually rewrites the page periodically or,
better yet, some kind of server-side include. For example, on Apache
servers with SSI enabled you could include in your html:

 Updated <!--#config timefmt="%B %d, %Y" --><!--#echo VAR="LAST_MODIFIED" -->

which will read something like

Updated January 30, 2000 
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Mariner, Vincent A. wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> Can anyone point me to a date last modified script?   The one I currently
> use is not working correctly in Netscape Communicator.
> 
> Here's the current scipt:
> 
>   <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> var theDate = ""
>   theDate = document.lastModified
>   document.writeln("Last Updated: ");
>   document.write(theDate);
>   document.write();
>   </SCRIPT>
> 
> and here is what it produces in Netscape Communicator:
> 
> Last Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 20:00:00
> 
> Works just fine in I.E. 5
> 
> As I looked for a script, I noticed that many people are not using scripts
> for this purpose.  Is this more appropriate, common, a trend, etc.?
> 
> Thanks,
> Vince
> 
> 

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Brian Sheppard