The latest articles on DEV Community by Vivekanand Padala (@vivekanandpadala). https://dev.to/vivekanandpadala https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F71608%2Fe363931c-5876-46ae-8f35-e377378977e8.jpg https://dev.to/vivekanandpadala en Vivekanand Padala Thu, 10 May 2018 09:57:47 +0000 https://dev.to/vivekanandpadala/javascript-snippet-for-dynamically-updating-footer-copyright-year-3cdp https://dev.to/vivekanandpadala/javascript-snippet-for-dynamically-updating-footer-copyright-year-3cdp <p>Hi, today am going to code a js snippet for dynamically updating the footer’s copyright year.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight javascript"><code><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">getElementById</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">copyrightYear</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">innerHTML</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nb">Date</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="nx">getFullYear</span><span class="p">();</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>Place the id (copyrightYear) in a <em>span</em> tag at the footer section after © symbol and before company name.</p> <p>Place the above code in <em>script</em> tags at the bottom before closing body tag.</p> <p>You will get the current year without any hassle to update it regularly every year.</p> <p>If you like the post, share with your friends.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> copyrightyear javascript jssnippet beginners