When was a web page last updated?

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I am trying to programmatically get the last modified date of a webpage or site. The site can be static or dynamic. The site in question is not my site, which means I do not have any control over it. It can be a news site, a blog, a static ad site... anything.

Is it possible to do this using Google Custom Search API or any other API?

For example:

Type the following in the google search box - inurl:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3189454/how-to-know-when-a-web-page-was-last-updated

I want to get the handle on the date. For the above the URL, the date tallies with the last updated date as seen on the site – Jul 6, 2010

I looked at an earlier SO Discussion[^] that didn't help me.

Posted 1-Feb-14 17:00pm

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Updated 5-Feb-14 19:18pm

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joginder-banger · Answer 1 · 2014-02-02T23:34:00

Solution 1

may be this link solve your problem.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5235351/how-can-you-mine-the-last-modified-date-for-an-asp-net-page-which-is-based-on[^]

Posted 2-Feb-14 23:34pm

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CoderPanda 3-Feb-14 6:00am

Thanks for the link.
My need is to fetch the last modified time of a website that I do not have any control over. The SO discussion is about providing the last modified time of my own website.

abdul subhan mohammed · Answer 2 · 2014-02-03T03:03:00

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Your answer is here:

Use flags

Posted 3-Feb-14 3:03am

abdul subhan mohammed

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CoderPanda 3-Feb-14 9:12am

Can you please elaborate?

abdul subhan mohammed 3-Feb-14 9:18am

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc138362.aspx[^]