last-modified-examples
"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, towards the development of a last-modified microformat.
Contributors
- 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:
“Modified: 20 Feb 05, 19:57” is displayed at the bottom of the page.
No Last-modified header is sent.
DokuWiki
Example from http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki:
“Last modified: 2005-08-01 20:10” 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/:
“last edited 2005-08-04 20:56:50 by ...” is displayed at the bottom of the page.
No Last-modified header is sent.
GetWiki
Example from http://www.getwiki.net/wiki.php:
“last modified 19:04, 17 Jul 2005” is displayed at the bottom of the page.
“Last-modified: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:04:43 GMT” is sent by the server.
Mediawiki
Example from http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:
“This page was last modified 04:22, 24 August 2005.” 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:
“Last Edited: 6/Jul/05 19:25:22 by Alan Slater” is displayed at the top of the page.
No Last-modified header is sent.
PhpWiki
Example from http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/:
“Last edited on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:07:12 pm by "wikimaster"” is displayed at the bottom of the page.
“Last-Modified: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 05:07:12 GMT” is sent by the server.
PmWiki
Example from http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki:
“Page last modified on August 28, 2005, at 05:24 PM” 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:
“12 Aug 2005 - 16:37 - JoaquimFerreira” is displayed at the top of the page.
No Last-modified header is sent.
Wikka
Example from http://wikka.jsnx.com/HomePage:
“2005-08-28 12:25:55” 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:
“Creator: WebHome Date: 2004/04/20 23:57” and “Last Author: zhang hua Date: 2005/08/29 14:04” are displayed at the bottom of the page
“Last-Modified: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:04:36 GM” 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 “<(last-updated)>” template
HTML headers include “<meta name="lastupdated" content="2005-09-14" />”
“Last-Modified: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:08:21 GMT” is sent by the server.
Individual web sites
bbc.co.uk
Example from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3640454.stm:
“Last Updated: Thursday, 9 September, 2004, 16:21 GMT 17:21 UK” 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:
“Last updated: Sun, 09 Oct 2005” is displayed at the top of the page.
“Last-Modified: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:24:36 GMT” 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
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
Individual web sites
cnn.com
Example from http://www.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/10/28/austria.rapid/index.html:
“Friday, October 28, 2005; Posted: 11:48 a.m. EDT (15:48 GMT)” is displayed at the top of the page.