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Date modified
<gcds-date-modified>

Also called: Last updated, version date.

Date modified is an indicator of the last update to a webpage or application.

  • Required on Canada.ca
  • Required on GC sites

  • GitHub
  • Figma

Date modified component preview

Date modified is a required component for Government of Canada websites and has specific requirements for Canada.ca pages.

Problems date modified solves

Use date modified to:

  • Log the date that a web page was last changed.
  • Identify an application’s current version.

Footer for placing the Government of Canada branded footer landmark.

Component types

Date type preview

2023-08-22

Date type

Use the date type to:

  • Identify the date a web page or website was last changed.

Version type preview

1.0.0

Version type

Use the Version type to:

  • Identify the current version of an application.

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2025-05-06