Shortest way to print current year in a website

Question

I need to update a few hundred static HTML pages that have the copyright date hard coded in the footer. I want to replace it with some JavaScript that will automatically upd

Answer 1

There are many solutions to this problem as provided by above experts. Below solution can be use which will not block the page rendering or not even re-trigger it.

In Pure Javascript:

window.addEventListener('load', (
    function () {
        document.getElementById('copyright-year').appendChild(
            document.createTextNode(
                new Date().getFullYear()
            )
        );
    }
));

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In jQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {
  document.getElementById('copyright-year').appendChild(
    document.createTextNode(
      new Date().getFullYear()
    )
  );
});

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