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class method

File.mtime

File.mtime(file_name) → time

Returns the modification time for the named file as a Time object.

file_name can be an IO object.

Example
File.mtime("testfile")   #=> Tue Apr 08 12:58:04 CDT 2003
See also #mtime .mkfifo .new .lutime also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0