Access local file modification time in JavaScript

Question

Is there a way to get the modification time of a file (either ctime or mtime should work) that is accessed locally through JavaScript?

I want to go to file:///home/me/mtime.html and have the JavaScript tell me that /home/me/file.txt was modified 2 minutes ago or something. I Understand that JavaScript has limited file access due to security problems, but is there some trick since it is all done locally.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Here is some javascript using ActiveX that I think might help you out:

<script language=jscript runat=server> 
    var thisfile = <File_Path>; 
    thisfile = Server.MapPath(thisfile); 
    var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); 
    var fs = fso.GetFile(thisfile); 
    var dlm = fs.DateLastModified; 
    Response.Write("Last modified: " + dlm); 
</script>

If you need how long ago it was modified you would need some other javascript to subtract dlm from the current time.