How to auto update to the current year in footer Magento 2?

Question

How to auto update the copyright year in the footer section of the site in Magento 2.

Answer 1

One possible hack can help us to modify the year dynamically.

Go to -> Admin -> General, choose Design -> Expand the Footer section and paste the below code.

Copyright © <script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script> Magento. All rights reserved.

Remove the cache and check.

Answer 2

Place the following contents in this file:

{theme_dir}/Magento_Theme/templates/html/copyright.phtml

<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo preg_replace('/(^|\s)(\d{4})(\s|$)/m', " ".date('Y'). " ", $block->getCopyright()); ?>

Answer 3

Place the following contents in this file: {theme_dir}/Magento_Theme/templates/html/copyright.phtml

<small class="copyright">
    <span>Copyright &copy; You <?php echo date('Y') ?>, All Rights Reserved.</span>
</small>

Then flush the cache.

Answer 4

This how I would do it. overwrite copyright.phtml:

<?php
/**
 * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
?>
<small class="copyright">
    <span><?= /* @escapeNotVerified */ str_replace ( '{{year}}', date('Y'), $block->getCopyright()) ?></span>
</small>

Then go to Content->Design->Configuration Choose a theme Edit->footer->copyright add this:

Copyright © {{year}} Magento. All rights reserved.

Done!

Answer 5

The best way to do this would be by creating an after plugin on the getCopyright method in Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Footer. It is not good practice to add logic in a template.

Add the following in a custom module in the etc/frontend/di.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
    <type name="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Footer">
        <plugin name="Vendor_Module::UpdateCopyrightWithCurrentYear" type="Vendor\Module\Plugin\Theme\Block\Html\Footer\UpdateCopyrightWithCurrentYear" />
    </type>
</config>

create Plugin/Theme/Block/Html/Footer/UpdateCopyrightWithCurrentYear.php within you module:

<?php
namespace Vendor\Module\Plugin\Theme\Block\Html\Footer;

use Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Footer;

class UpdateCopyrightWithCurrentYear
{
    /**
     * @param Footer $subject
     * @param string $result
     * @return string $result
     */
    public function afterGetCopyright(Footer $subject, $result)
    {
        $result = preg_replace_callback(
            '/(^|\s)(\d{4})(\s|$)/m',
            function($matches) {
                return $matches[2] != date('Y')?$matches[1] . $matches[2].' - '.date('Y') . $matches[3]:$matches[0];
            },
            $result);
        return $result;
    }
}

I borrowed Krishna ijjada's regex to match the year. Also this adds the current year in the copyright message so that the year when copyright started also stays visible.

Answer 6

It is necessary to think of the timezone, here is my answer ( {theme_dir}/Magento_Theme/templates/html/copyright.phtml ):

<?php
/* @var $block \Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Footer */

use Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager;
use Magento\Framework\Stdlib\DateTime\TimezoneInterface;

$year = ObjectManager::getInstance()->get( TimezoneInterface::class )->date()->format( 'Y' );
?>
<small class="copyright">
    <span><?= /* @escapeNotVerified */ $block->escapeHtml( __( 'Copyright &copy; %1 xxx.', $year ) ) ?></span>
</small>

Answer 7

To Add a dynamic year in the footer copyright section use this mobile under System -> Configuration -> Design. Ability to show a year variable via the Theme Footer configuration

Here is a module used this year that will change dynamically. Even the PWA app year will change if you use this extension in Magento PWA.

https://github.com/niraligajera/magento-CopyRightFooter