Enh/add date modified documentation (#559)

Author: Taniya-Das

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # fetch full git history for mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin.
       - name: Configure Git Credentials
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions[bot]

mkdocs.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ theme:
     - navigation.footer
     - content.action.view
     - content.action.edit
+    - content.footer.last-updated
   icon:
     edit: material/pencil
     view: material/eye
@@ -73,3 +74,9 @@ markdown_extensions:
 plugins:
   - section-index
   - search
+  - git-revision-date-localized:
+      type: datetime
+      fallback_to_build_date: true
+      locale: en
+      timezone: UTC
+      enable_creation_date: false

pyproject.toml

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dev = [
 docs = [
     "mkdocs-material",
     "mkdocs-section-index",
+    "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]