1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/view_functions.py b/view_functions.py
index 3de8687..4163c2e 100644
--- a/view_functions.py
+++ b/view_functions.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ view_functions.py - defines functions called by views to display the correct dat
 about files and paths.
 """
 import os
-from time import ctime
-from siteconfig import siteconfig
+import subprocess
+from siteconfig import siteconfig, config
 
 
 def default_context():
@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@ def default_context():
 
 
 def file_last_modified(path):
-    return ctime(os.stat(path).st_mtime)
+    git_time = f"git log -n1 --pretty=%aD {path}".split()
+    try:
+        mod_time = subprocess.check_output(
+            git_time, cwd=config.BASE_DIR
+        )
+    except:
+        # File is not in the git log, no biggie, just blank the date
+        return None
+
+    # Git outputs in RFC2822 format
+    return mod_time.decode('ascii').strip()
+
 
 def index_dir(path):
     """