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david_bgk (on March 12, 2009):

© 2008—{% now "Y" %} is even faster?

("stolen" from http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/djangoproject.com/django_website/templates/base.html#L49)

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bartTC (on March 12, 2009):

I don't see any need for this. I just use: © 2008—{% now "Y" %}

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David (on March 12, 2009):

You could probably simplify this even further by using a simple_tag. Something like:

@register.simple_tag
def copyright_since(since):
    now = datetime.datetime.now().year
    if since != now:
        return (u'© %d—%d' % (int(since), now)
    else:
        return (u'© %d' % now)

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david_bgk (on March 12, 2009):

@David: a filter looks even more simple to me.

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xplozive (on March 12, 2009):

david_bgk, bartTC: lol, 2009-2009?

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xplozive (on March 12, 2009):

David: thanks, didn't know about simple_tag

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xplozive (on March 12, 2009):

David: I've replaced my original snippet code with yours one, works fine

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adamlofts (on March 12, 2009):

Don't you actually have to make changes to the site to (legally) update the copyright label?

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xplozive (on March 12, 2009):

adamlofts: I think it's just the notice so it doesn't have any legal power

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Killarny (on March 13, 2009):

This is handy, thanks :)

Improved formatting slightly and fixed some problems with HTML output:

@register.simple_tag
def copyright_since(since):
    now = datetime.datetime.now().year
    if since != now:
        return u'© %d—%d' % (int(since), now)
    return u'© %d' % now

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