diff --git a/file-stat/.gitignore b/file-stat/.gitignore
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+.env*
diff --git a/file-stat/README.md b/file-stat/README.md
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+## Overview
+Get file statistics
+
+## Preparation
+
+Run the following command in your favorite terminal to install dependenies.
+```
+npm i
+```
+
+## Development setup
+
+Run the following command in your favorite terminal if you fancy log messages for debugging.
+```
+export DEBUG=$DEBUG,debug
+```
+
+Run the following command in your favorite terminal to start the service in development mode.
+```
+npm run dev
+```
diff --git a/file-stat/README.md.license b/file-stat/README.md.license
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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Stefan Begerad <stefan@begerad.de>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
diff --git a/file-stat/file-stat.js b/file-stat/file-stat.js
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+const debug=require('debug')('last-modified');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+function getMTimeAsync(fileName){
+    let mtime=fs.stat(fileName, (err, stats) => {
+	if(err) {
+            throw err;
+	}
+	return stats.mtime;
+    });
+    debug('mtime: '+mtime);
+    return mtime;
+}
+
+function getMTimeSync(fileName){
+    let mtime=null;
+    try {
+	const stats = fs.statSync(fileName);
+	mtime=stats.mtime;
+    } catch (error) {
+	console.log(error);
+    }
+    debug('mtime: '+mtime);
+    return mtime;
+}
+
+module.exports={
+    getMTimeAsync,
+    getMTimeSync
+};
diff --git a/file-stat/index.js b/file-stat/index.js
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+const debug=require('debug')('debug');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const fileStat=require('./file-stat');
+const fileName='package.json';
+debug('fileName: '+fileName);
+fileStat.getMTimeAsync(fileName);
+fileStat.getMTimeSync(fileName);
+debug('done.');
diff --git a/file-stat/package.json b/file-stat/package.json
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+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "file-last-modified",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "description": "",
+    "main": "index.js",
+    "scripts": {
+        "dev": "nodemon index.js",
+        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    },
+    "author": "Stefan Begerad",
+    "license": "GPL-3.0",
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "nodemon": "^2.0.7"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "fs": "0.0.1-security",
+        "http": "0.0.1-security",
+        "request": "^2.88.2"
+    }
+}