How to show the modification date of a file in Jekyll?
date, jekyll, liquid
Solution
This is a relatively new plugin that does what you're looking for:
https://github.com/gjtorikian/jekyll-last-modified-at
(found it while searching Google for alternatives to the other answers in this thread)
Problem
I know that I can specify a variable `date` in the YAML frontmatter of a file and access its value with `{{ page.date }}`. This is cumbersome since one easily forgets to change the date when a file is updated. So how can I access a file's modification date?