How can I include the date of last update for a confluence page so I can see it in an included page?

[Bill Gould]

I am looking to have a report with a number of included pages or excerpts and I would like to include the date that each included items was last updated.

[Shannon S · Accepted solution]

Hi Bill,

Both the Excerpt Include Macro and Include Page Macro do not have a way to include the last updated date. I would recommend a user macro here, such as this one from @Stephen Deutsch:

• Is there a Macro to display Last Update Date of the Page?

So for example, here's how it appears on my Excerpt Macro page:

And then on the included excerpt page:

You can of course adjust the user macro to your liking.

If you are on Cloud, then unfortunately it's not possible to create a User Macro. For that you would need an add-on.

I have tagged your post in a way that if other users know of any add-ons that do what you need, they will be able to reach out to you here.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon

[Bill Gould]

We are unfortunately in the Cloud. Any recommendations other then moving back to on-Premise?

[Shannon S]

Hi Bill,

Not that I'm aware of, other than developing your own add-on for that:

• Confluence Cloud Add-on Development - Getting Started

I'll leave this question here in case other users are aware of a 3rd-party Cloud add-on that could do the same.

Regards,

Shannon

[Elena Ovdienko [Stiltsoft]]

Hello @Bill Gould ,

We've got Handy Timestamp for this particular case. It is a macro included in Handy Macros for Confluence. It can insert the date of page creation, update, or the date of inserting the timestamp. It works in Confluence Server/DC at the moment but we're constantly improving our app functionality  So let us know if you need it for Cloud.

[Vladimir Sumilin]

Hello @Elena Ovdienko [Stiltsoft] 

We have Confluence Cloud and would like to know if is it possible to use Handy Macros. I tried to use Handy Timestamp to change the variation of the date which I need, but it's impossible in Cloud.

How can I set the date and time format for Handy Timestamp? 

I found this link, but I said already it's not working for Cloud.

https://docs.stiltsoft.com/hmfc/server-dc/handy-timestamp/how-to-use-handy-timestamp

Best regards,

Vladimir

[Terri Isidro]

I also need this for Cloud and would appreciate an update. 

I understand others have recommended creating a user macro to do this. However, user macros cannot be created for Cloud.

Please allow us to use handy timestamp on the cloud version, I need a field in my knowledge base articles to show "last updated" so we always know our pages are current. This is important.

Thanks!