---
title: Last-Modified
slug: Web/HTTP/Headers/Last-Modified
tags:
  - HTTP
  - HTTP Header
  - Reference
  - Response Header
browser-compat: http.headers.Last-Modified
---
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The **`Last-Modified`** response HTTP header contains a date
and time when the origin server believes the resource was last modified. It is used
as a validator to determine if the resource is the same as the previously stored one. Less accurate
than an {{HTTPHeader("ETag")}} header, it is a fallback mechanism. Conditional requests
containing {{HTTPHeader("If-Modified-Since")}} or {{HTTPHeader("If-Unmodified-Since")}}
headers make use of this field.

<table class="properties">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">Header type</th>
      <td>{{Glossary("Response header")}}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">{{Glossary("Forbidden header name")}}</th>
      <td>no</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">
        {{Glossary("CORS-safelisted response header")}}
      </th>
      <td>yes</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Syntax

```
Last-Modified: <day-name>, <day> <month> <year> <hour>:<minute>:<second> GMT
```

## Directives

- \<day-name>
  - : One of "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", or "Sun" (case-sensitive).
- \<day>
  - : 2 digit day number, e.g. "04" or "23".
- \<month>
  - : One of "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov",
    "Dec" (case sensitive).
- \<year>
  - : 4 digit year number, e.g. "1990" or "2016".
- \<hour>
  - : 2 digit hour number, e.g. "09" or "23".
- \<minute>
  - : 2 digit minute number, e.g. "04" or "59".
- \<second>
  - : 2 digit second number, e.g. "04" or "59".
- `GMT`
  - : Greenwich Mean Time. HTTP dates are always expressed in GMT, never in local time.

## Examples

```
Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:28:00 GMT
```

## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

## See also

- {{HTTPHeader("If-Modified-Since")}}
- {{HTTPHeader("If-Unmodified-Since")}}
- {{HTTPHeader("Etag")}}
