Code of the Year
Like most people, I have difficulty writing my first cheque of the new year. I always write the wrong year. Apparently, I am also like most web sites.
Many big, respectable and seemingly well-maintained sites show a previous year in their copyright footer. Some are painfully out of date.
If this was something that must be done manually, I could understand. But the content on a web page is not written with a Bic Grip Roller. It’s generated by a computer that knows the current year.
Here’s some code you can use to keep your copyright current. Examples for Perl, Python, etc. are appreciated!
In Javascript:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var mydate = new Date();
var year= mydate.getYear();
if (year<2000){year+=1900};
if (year>2100){year-=1800};
var time = ( year );
document.write(time);
//]]>
</script>
In PHP:
<?php echo date("Y");?>
In parsed HTML (aka SHTML, must be enabled in Apache):
<!--#config timefmt=" %Y" --> <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->
In Java (JSP, thanks to Tim!):
<%= (new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy")).format( new Date() ) %>
In Smalltalk (thanks to Tim!):
^Date today year asString
In Ruby (thanks to Scott Boms):
add the following to a helper (eg. application_helper) def copyright_year t = Time.now t.year end then in the view file, just put <%= copyright_year %>
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You’re currently reading “Code of the Year,” an entry on the blog of Ryan Feeley.
- Published:
- 2.22.07 / 9am
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- User Experience
Ryan Feeley has been designing powerful, usable, web-based applications since the beginning of time. In recent years, he has held the senior design positions for Toronto firms
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