How do I insert a "last updated" date field into the top of a Confluence page so I can see how old

[Michael Green]

How do I insert a "last updated" date field into the top of a Confluence page so I can see how old the content is i.e. does it need a review / update ?

[Ollie Guan]

Hi @Michael Green ,

If your goal is simply:

“I want to know when and by whom this page was last edited.”

https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-change-history-macro/

Then the proper solution is to use Page history / Change history, instead of inserting a manual “Last updated” field in the page body, because:

• Page history is system‑maintained, no need for manual updates

• It shows every version with timestamp, author, and diff

• The line under the title “Last updated … by …” is driven by this history

[Michael Green]

@Ollie Guan The whole point was NOT to be hardcoding a date but have it automatically updated.  Was that unclear in my original post ?

[Brant Schroeder]

@Michael Green Does the updated date at the top of the page not work?  Do you use the content manager to see last updated and last visited? https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/manage-your-content-tree/ 

[Michael Green]

@Brant Schroeder  Here is what I see at the top of a new confluence page someone has created.  So its NOT obvious at all when the page was last updated.  So I want to be able to add a date field value (automatically updated) that shows the last time the page was updated ..... in a very obvious plae at the top of the page.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Michael Green at the top of the page in the right hand corner you should see the last published date.  This shows when it was last updated (see below).  Are you not seeing that?

[Michael Green]

Yes - but as per my post i wanted in the top of the content.  Other googling I've done and Atlassian pages say there is a field that can be inserted.... but it didn't work.  Are those pages wrong / out of date ?

[Brant Schroeder]

@Michael Green They are most likely referring to data center and not cloud. I am not aware of a way to do that in Cloud.  Cloud also has built in tools that allow you to better monitor space content and update it as needed based on the information provided.