Updating Copyright Year in Website Footers Automatically

Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to 2010.  Do you have a copyright footer on your website?  Does it still say 2009?  Every year this is something most people forget to update.  Well, just use this little snippet of javascript code below and you’ll never have to worry about it again.

&copy;<script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script>Your Company Name

It’s a quick fix that will take you less than 5 minutes to implement and you’ll never have to worry about it again!