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Detecting changed pages

CJM

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

I have a dispute with an unnamed online store. Before I escalated the
dispute, I checked the T&C's on their site just to make sure I hadn't missed
anything - I hadn't. I thought I'd taken a copy of this page, but if I have
I can't find it.

Google cache reflects the latest version not surprisingly...

Can anybody think of a way I can demonstrate that this page has changed?
With access to the server I could look at the timestamp on the file, but
clearly I dont have this.

Are there any other mean, I can do this?

I know it's a desperate hope; it won't completely sink my case, but it will
make it a lot more awkward.

Thanks

Chris

Karl Groves

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

"CJM" <cjmnews04@REMOVEMEyahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:4eqm84F1gb0mnU1@individual.net:

> I have a dispute with an unnamed online store. Before I escalated the
> dispute, I checked the T&C's on their site just to make sure I hadn't
> missed anything - I hadn't. I thought I'd taken a copy of this page,
> but if I have I can't find it.
>
> Google cache reflects the latest version not surprisingly...
>
> Can anybody think of a way I can demonstrate that this page has
> changed? With access to the server I could look at the timestamp on
> the file, but clearly I dont have this.
>
> Are there any other mean, I can do this?
>
> I know it's a desperate hope; it won't completely sink my case, but it
> will make it a lot more awkward.
>

Check the HTTP Response headers, which will often show the last modified
date.

You might also want to try the Wayback Machine -
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

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Otto de Voogd

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:15:48 +0100, CJM wrote:

> I have a dispute with an unnamed online store. Before I escalated the
> dispute, I checked the T&C's on their site just to make sure I hadn't missed
> anything - I hadn't. I thought I'd taken a copy of this page, but if I have
> I can't find it.
>
> Google cache reflects the latest version not surprisingly...
>
> Can anybody think of a way I can demonstrate that this page has changed?
> With access to the server I could look at the timestamp on the file, but
> clearly I dont have this.
>
> Are there any other mean, I can do this?
>
> I know it's a desperate hope; it won't completely sink my case, but it will
> make it a lot more awkward.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris

Visit the page again, and copy and past this bit of JavaScript into the
location bar:

java script:alert('This%20page%20was%20last%20modified%20on:%20'+Date(document.lastModified).toLocaleString());

Or an easier version to remember:

java script:alert(document.lastModified);

(Note: this displays the date in the US manner MM/DD/YYYY)

Good luck,
Otto

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Otto de Voogd

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:38:59 +0300, Otto de Voogd wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:15:48 +0100, CJM wrote:
>
>
> Visit the page again, and copy and past this bit of JavaScript into the
> location bar:
>
> java script:alert('This%20page%20was%20last%20modified%20on:%20'+Date(document.lastModified).toLocaleString());
>
> Or an easier version to remember:
>
> java script:alert(document.lastModified);
>
> (Note: this displays the date in the US manner MM/DD/YYYY)
>
> Good luck,
> Otto

Oops. My mistake.

Forget the first JavaScript line, it prints the current date.
Use:

java script:alert(document.lastModified);

This is correct,
Otto

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