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Last-Modified

Gives the time a selected representation was last changed.

Use Last-Modified with If-Modified-Since or If-Unmodified-Since when an ETag is unavailable or as a secondary validator.

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

Use Last-Modified with If-Modified-Since or If-Unmodified-Since when an ETag is unavailable or as a secondary validator.

Common mistakes

  • Using a low-resolution timestamp as the only protection against concurrent writes.

IANA registry: http-fields/field-names

Registry reference: RFC 9110, Section 8.8.2: HTTP Semantics

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