# Is it possible to find out when a site went live

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**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-out-when-a-site-went-live/25787 "2019-03-14T22:06:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kelnixon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kelnixon/32/8607_2.png) [@Kelnixon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Kelnixon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-out-when-a-site-went-live/25787/1 "2019-03-14T22:06:25Z")

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Is there any way of finding out when a website went live or was updated? Is there anything in the source code which tells you a date it went live?

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-out-when-a-site-went-live/25787/2 "2019-03-14T22:39:10Z")

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Check the file modification date on the server.

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**Author:** ![Kelnixon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kelnixon/32/8607_2.png) [@Kelnixon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Kelnixon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-out-when-a-site-went-live/25787/3 "2019-03-14T23:01:20Z")

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What if I didn’t have access to the server?

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-out-when-a-site-went-live/25787/4 "2019-03-14T23:02:10Z")

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Well… I am not aware of any publishing time inside the sources.