# Index last update date
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 8, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838 "2015-09-08T12:56:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Pawel\_Rog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawel_Rog)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838/1 "2015-09-08T12:56:27Z")
Hi,
I'm looking for a way to get last index modification approximate date. Is there any way to get from ES information about last date when index files have been modified? I don't need precise date when the last document has been inserted.
When I look directly at OS level I can get Lucene segment files modification date. This would satisfy me but I don't know how I can get this information from ES level through ES API. I'd appreciate any suggestions.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838/2 "2015-09-10T08:29:51Z")
I don't think we expose this via the API, at least I can't find anything.
It'd be a good idea for a feature request though!
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### Author:  [@Pawel\_Rog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawel_Rog)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838/3 "2015-09-10T10:02:34Z")
How can I open a feature request? Github issue?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838/4 "2015-09-10T10:02:55Z")
That's correct.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-last-update-date/28838/5 "2017-07-05T23:51:19Z")