ex.
stat yourFileName.here[yourPrompt]# stat yourFileName.here
File: `yourFileName.here'
Size: 219 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: dh/3d Inode: 30229777 Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 500/ownerName) Gid: ( 500/groupName)
Access: 2010-04-26 13:13:59.000000000 -0400
Modify: 2010-04-26 13:13:59.000000000 -0400
Change: 2013-05-24 18:04:27.000000000 -0400
You can also get results for multiple files using standard shortcut conventions.
ex.
stat yourFile*
In this case, the stat command reveals that someone Changed a file yesterday, but the Modify and Access dates were not changed.
Very clever bad boys out there....
Apparently, one may change the modification date by using the "touch" command.