LINUX: How To Find Exact Date/Time Stamp When RPM Was Modified In Linux? ("rpm" command)

Below command can be used to find exact date/timestamp when rpm was modified in Linux.

rpm -qa --last <rpm name>

Below is example snippet of above command which list last modified date/time stamps of all kernel packages.

# rpm -qa --last kernel*
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64     Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:10:30 PM PST
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64       Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:10:11 PM PST
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-112.14.13.el6uek.x86_64 Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:52 PM PST
kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.13.el6uek.x86_64     Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:45 PM PST
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.13.el6uek.noarch Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:36 PM PST
kernel-uek-headers-1-4.el6.x86_64             Fri 08 Sep 2017 10:21:08 AM PDT
kernel-transition-2.6.32-0.0.0.3.el6.x86_64   Fri 08 Sep 2017 09:35:38 AM PDT

If you want the output more formatted with last modified date/time and just the package name without versions, below command can be used.

rpm -qa --queryformat '(%{installtime:date}) %{name}\n' <rpm name>

Below is example output of above command.

# rpm -qa --queryformat '(%{installtime:date}) %{name}
(Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:10:30 PM PST) kernel-headers
(Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:45 PM PST) kernel-uek
(Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:52 PM PST) kernel-uek-devel
(Fri 08 Sep 2017 09:35:38 AM PDT) kernel-transition
(Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:10:11 PM PST) kernel-devel
(Fri 08 Sep 2017 10:21:08 AM PDT) kernel-uek-headers
(Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:09:36 PM PST) kernel-uek-firmware

Products to which Article Applies

All Linux Environments

Additional References

https://www.unixtutorial.org/list-rpm-packages-sorted-by-install-date

https://www.thegeekdiary.com/centos-rhel-how-to-find-when-was-the-rpm-installed/

tarun boyella