Question

How do I check the timestamps on my recent Capistrano revisions (deployments)?

Answer 1

One solution would be to add that information at deployment time.
This 2009 blog post suggested:

#############################################################
#   Custom Tasks
#############################################################

set :version_file, "#{tcdb_path}/app/views/layouts/_version.html.erb"

namespace :my_tasks do
desc "Sets the timestamp in version_file"
task :set_version_info do
run "rm #{version_file}"
run "echo '#{Time.now}' >> #{version_file}"
end
end

after 'deploy:symlink', 'my_tasks:set_version_info'

And then:

add this file to your layout (the footer is a good place for it)

< %= render :partial => '/layouts/version' %>