List All Tables with their Modification date in SQL Server

If you wish to find out when a table in a database was modified, use this query. This query lists all the tables in the database with the modification date


 USE Northwind


 SELECT name, modify_date FROM Sys.Tables


 Where object_id IN


 (SELECT object_id FROM sys.tables)


 AND type = 'U'





OUTPUT:


TableName            ModifyDate


Categories            2009-01-23 14:16:14.900


Customers            2009-01-23 14:16:15.103


Shippers            2009-01-23 14:16:14.790


Suppliers            2009-01-23 14:16:14.900


Orders                2009-01-23 14:16:14.790


Products            2009-01-23 14:16:14.900


Order Details        2009-01-23 14:16:13.653


CustomerCustomerDemo2009-01-23 14:16:15.107


CustomerDemographics2009-01-23 14:16:15.103


Region                2009-01-23 14:16:15.157


Territories            2009-01-23 14:16:15.180


EmployeeTerritories    2009-01-23 14:16:15.190


CustomersTemp        2009-02-20 17:37:34.083


Employees            2009-01-23 14:16:15.180



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