How do I use PHP to get the current year?

Question

I want to put a copyright notice in the footer of a web site, but I think it\'s incredibly tacky for the year to be outdated.

How would I make the year update automat

Answer 1

Get full Year used:

 <?php 
    echo $curr_year = date('Y'); // it will display full year ex. 2017
?>

Or get only two digit of year used like this:

 <?php 
    echo $curr_year = date('y'); // it will display short 2 digit year ex. 17
?>

Answer 2

This one gives you the local time:

$year = date('Y'); // 2008

And this one UTC:

$year = gmdate('Y'); // 2008

Answer 3

You can use either date or strftime. In this case I'd say it doesn't matter as a year is a year, no matter what (unless there's a locale that formats the year differently?)

For example:

<?php echo date("Y"); ?>

On a side note, when formatting dates in PHP it matters when you want to format your date in a different locale than your default. If so, you have to use setlocale and strftime. According to the php manual on date:

To format dates in other languages, you should use the setlocale() and strftime() functions instead of date().

From this point of view, I think it would be best to use strftime as much as possible, if you even have a remote possibility of having to localize your application. If that's not an issue, pick the one you like best.

Answer 4

$year = date("Y", strtotime($yourDateVar));

Answer 5

print date('Y');

For more information, check date() function documentation: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Answer 6

best shortcode for this section:

<?= date("Y"); ?>