<p>how can i figure out the last modified date of a html file im importing into my web app?</p>

<p>The html file is on another server and different users can make updates, when i retrieve the page i want to be able see when it was last updated so i can label the updated date on my homepage. I</p>

Use the
```
document.lastModified
```
Javascript property.
quirksmode has a nice function to format the date too:
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/lastmod.html