File: lastModified property

<input type="file" id="file-picker" name="fileList" multiple />
<output id="output"></output>

output {
  display: block;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}

const output = document.getElementById("output");
const filePicker = document.getElementById("file-picker");

filePicker.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  const files = event.target.files;
  const now = new Date();
  output.textContent = "";

  for (const file of files) {
    const date = new Date(file.lastModified);
    // true if the file hasn't been modified for more than 1 year
    const stale = now.getTime() - file.lastModified > 31_536_000_000;
    output.textContent += `${file.name} is ${
      stale ? "stale" : "fresh"
    } (${date}).\n`;
  }
});

const fileWithDate = new File([], "file.bin", {
  lastModified: new Date(2017, 1, 1),
});
console.log(fileWithDate.lastModified); // returns 1485903600000

const fileWithoutDate = new File([], "file.bin");
console.log(fileWithoutDate.lastModified); // returns current time

// reduced time precision (2ms) in Firefox 60
someFile.lastModified;
// Might be:
// 1519211809934
// 1519211810362
// 1519211811670
// …

// reduced time precision with `privacy.resistFingerprinting` enabled
someFile.lastModified;
// Might be:
// 1519129853500
// 1519129858900
// 1519129864400
// …