Time to Update Your Copyright Year

[PaulPA]

I know it is early in the year, but before you forget you may want to update the copyright year on your websites. I've noticed that several big sites including Google, eBay and even WW have yet to do so, so I'm guessing most of us small guys have not done it either.

[surrealillusions]

i use php to echo the server date too. No need to manually change it

:)

[AffiliateDreamer]

why not just do.

2007-2099

saves you the trouble of updating hehe.

[jsinger]

"Mafia Staff Website - Keepa U Hands Off"

[Habtom]

AffiliateDreamer, done so already.

I know I can't live beyond 2083, so my copyright date goes till then.:)

[edited by: Habtom at 6:26 am (utc) on Jan. 6, 2008]

[dwhite]

I just use © 2002 (or whatever) onwards.

The PHP code is good, but then for many hosts, you need to have the page ending in .php which is awkward if they are already .html.

[g1smd]

You can use the AddType declaration in your .htaccess file to let page URLs ending in .html be parsed as PHP scripts. No need to change anything else on the site itself.

[Bddmed]

You can use the AddType declaration in your .htaccess file to let page URLs ending in .html be parsed as PHP scripts. No need to change anything else on the site itself.

Don't do that if you only want to show an accurate date. It's not worth the extra load to the server.

BTW. Brett must have read this thread. It's 2008 now.

[g1smd]

>> It's not worth the extra load to the server. <<

Most people with normal sort of traffic levels would never notice the extra load.

[IanKelley]

Careful with advice like that... It's of course true, but it's those sorts of efficiency considerations which end up making the difference between a single dedicated server and an expensive array of servers when a site gets popular.

And then later between a modest array of servers and an absurdly large rack of them. I've seen it many a time.

Apologies for veering off topic.

[JAB Creations]

Updates for the lazy webmaster. ;)

PHP

<span class="color3">Copyright <?php echo date('Y') == 1998? date('Y').'' : '1998<span class="color4"> - </span>'.date('Y');?>. All rights reserved.</span>

- John

[piatkow]

I only put copyright dates on reviews and then they are the original year of publication.

[JohnRoy]

For those using the server %date% -
if the admin messes up, i.e. date: 2209

your pages will show:

Copyright © 1996-2209 all right reserved :)