How to add last-modified date in footer

[peterschindler]

Dear Quarto community,

I was wondering how to get the last-modified date information printed out in the footer. I know how to get it into the title and I also tried using {{< "meta" "last-modified" >}} in the _quarto.yml but nothing seems to work.
I appreciate the help!

Best regards,
Peter

[mcanouil]

There are no quotes in shortcodes or at least they are not needed. They only make the shortcode longer to type and less readable.
"last-modified" is not a YAML key, it's a value for date, thus if you want to get the value you need to call meta shortcode on date.

Below is an example using format: revealjs, since you did not specify any.
Hope this help as the same principle should work for any YAML key and for any formats.

See Quarto document code.

---
title: revealjs lists
date: last-modified
footer: "{{< meta date >}}"
format: revealjs
---

## Slide

This is some text.

1. first
2. second

This is more text.

- bullet
- bill

[peterschindler]

I see - that makes sense! Thanks a lot for your help!

[mcanouil]

You're welcome!