How to add the year automatically in the copyright part

[IvyMasterDiego]

I was thinking that every time a year passes it would be nice if this was automatic, but I don't know if there is a way to do it or if it isn't. If you could tell me please👉👈

[squidfunk]

You might be able to use the macros plugin, but I'm not sure whether it also applies to values in mkdocs.yml.

[jeremy-feng]

Add a simple javascript into your copyright config:

<p> Copyright &copy; 2022-<script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script> Your Name All Rights Reserved</p>

[shenweiyan]

This approach can cause some issues when the page is refreshed. It will display the year on the page, and we need to refresh the page again to restore the normal content.

[squidfunk]

Simplest solution: ask ChatGPT to write a hook for you:

from datetime import datetime
def on_config(config, **kwargs):
    config.copyright = f"Copyright © {datetime.now().year} Your Name"

[hellt]

nice one with the hook, because I think the macros plugin does not template the mkdocs.yml or partials

[kamilkrzyskow]

You could also keep the copyright string in mkdocs.yml and only specify the location where to put the year, then the hook would format the string from mkdocs.yml. That's how I added it in the mkdocs-nype theme to disconnect the "dynamic year logic" from the actual content.

year: str = str(datetime.now().year)
config.copyright = config.copyright.format(year=year)

copyright: Copyright © {year} Nype

[hellt]

this is even better, thanks @kamilkrzyskow