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= "Last modified" and "published" examples =
Many web pages display the date of the last modification and/or the date of their publication.
This datetimes could be made machine-readable using [[datetime-design-pattern]].

The purpose of this wiki page is to collect real-world examples of web pages which display the date of their last modification and how this is done.

== Contributors ==

* [[User:RobertBachmann|Robert Bachmann]] (initial author)


If you contribute real-world examples, please add your name here.

== "Last modified" examples ==

=== Content management and content publishing software ===
Note: The date format used by the CMS systems may vary per skin/theme.
==== coWiki ====
Example from http://www.cowiki.org/142.html:

&#8220;Modified: 20 Feb 05, 19:57&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== DokuWiki ====
Example from http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki:

&#8220;Last modified: 2005-08-01 20:10&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the page.
(it is written in grey color in the right corner) 

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== MoinMoin ====
Example from http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/:

&#8220;last edited 2005-08-04 20:56:50 by ...&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== GetWiki ====
Example from http://www.getwiki.net/wiki.php:

&#8220;last modified 19:04, 17 Jul 2005&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the
page.

&#8220;Last-modified: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:04:43 GMT&#8221; is sent by the server.

==== Mediawiki ====
Example from http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:

&#8220;This page was last modified 04:22, 24 August 2005.&#8221; is displayed in
the bottom of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== Perspective ====
Example from http://www.high-beyond.com/perspective.aspx?action=view&page=documentation:Index:

&#8220;Last Edited:   6/Jul/05 19:25:22 by Alan Slater&#8221; is displayed at the top of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== PhpWiki ====
Example from http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/:

&#8220;Last edited on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:07:12 pm by "wikimaster"&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the page.

&#8220;Last-Modified: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 05:07:12 GMT&#8221; is sent by the server.
 
==== PmWiki ====
Example from http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki:

&#8220;Page last modified on August 28, 2005, at 05:24 PM&#8221; is displayed at the bottom of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== TWiki ====
Example from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WebHome:

&#8220;12 Aug 2005 - 16:37 - JoaquimFerreira&#8221; is displayed at the top of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== Wikka ====
Example from http://wikka.jsnx.com/HomePage:

&#8220;2005-08-28 12:25:55&#8221; is displayed ath the bottom of the page.
(Text is a link to http://wikka.jsnx.com/HomePage/revisions)

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== XWiki ====
Example from http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome:

&#8220;Creator: WebHome  Date: 2004/04/20 23:57&#8221; and &#8220;Last Author: zhang hua  Date: 2005/08/29 14:04&#8221; are displayed at the bottom of the page

&#8220;Last-Modified: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:04:36 GM&#8221; is sent by the server.

==== Midgard CMS ====
Example from http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/

No Last Updated information shown on the page by default, though is available using the &#8220;<(last-updated)>&#8221; template

HTML headers include &#8220;<meta name="lastupdated" content="2005-09-14" />&#8221;

&#8220;Last-Modified: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:08:21 GMT&#8221; is sent by the server.

=== Individual web sites ===
==== bbc.co.uk ====
Example from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3640454.stm:

&#8220;Last Updated: Thursday, 9 September, 2004, 16:21 GMT 17:21 UK&#8221; is displayed at the top of the page.

No Last-modified header is sent.

==== php.net (documentation pages) ====
Example from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php:

&#8220;Last updated: Sun, 09 Oct 2005&#8221; is displayed at the top of the page.

&#8220;Last-Modified: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:24:36 GMT&#8221; is sent.

== "Published" examples ==
=== Content management and content publishing software ===
Note: The date format used by the CMS systems may vary per skin/theme.
==== b2evolution ====
Example #1 from http://demo.b2evolution.net/HEAD/blogs/index.php?blog=2&m=200511:

There are headings which contain the date of each day on which an entry was posted, e.g: “2005-11-05”. For each entry the time of publication is displayed before the entry’s
heading, e.g:  “14:11:34, by admin, 69 words, 0 views”
 
The way dates are displayed varies per skin.

==== Blogger ====
TBD: http://blogspot.com/
==== dotclear ====
Example from http://www.dotclear.net/devlog/2004/09:

The date of publication is displayed above the entry’s title, e.g: “samedi 18 septembre 2004”. The time of publication is displayed at the bottom of the entry, e.g: “Par Olivier Meunier, à 20:45”.

==== LiveJournal/DeathJournal ====
TBD: http://livejournal.com/ and http://deathjournal.com/
==== greymatter ====

Example from http://noahslark.com/?e=197:

“October 14, 2005 @ 9:07 PM” is displayed below the entry’s title.

==== MSN spaces ====
TBD: http://spaces.msn.com/
==== Typo ====
Example form http://blog.leetsoft.com/articles/2005/11/01/type-theme-contest: (as of 2005-11-05)

“Posted by tobi 4 days ago” is displayed below the entry’s heading.

==== TYPO3 ====
TBD: http://typo3.org/

==== Wordpress ====
TBD: http://wordpress.org/

=== Individual web sites ===
==== cnn.com ====
Example from http://www.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/10/28/austria.rapid/index.html:

&#8220;Friday, October 28, 2005; Posted: 11:48 a.m. EDT (15:48 GMT)&#8221; is displayed at the top of the page.


== See also ==
* [[datetime-design-pattern]]
* &rarr; [[last-modified-formats]]