Java Script help with copyright and last updated dates

My website http://www.crimedoctor.com has Java Scripts at the very bottom of
the page for updating the copyright year and page last updated date. It
displays the year perfectly in IE 6.0 as ?5/16/2005?

However, in Netscape and Firefox the Java Script displays the year as
?5/16/105?

Can anyone advise me how to fix this code?I can?t see the error?

Here is the Java Script code:

<script type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">function todayStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getMonth()+"/"+today.getDate()+"/"+(today.getYear())
}
function yearStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getYear()
}
</script>
Copyright &copy; 1996-
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script>
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br>
Page Last Updated -
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script>

Ew. Sorry about that!

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"CrimeDoctor" <chris (AT) crimedoctor (DOT) com> wrote

My website http://www.crimedoctor.com has Java Scripts at the very bottom
of
the page for updating the copyright year and page last updated date. It
displays the year perfectly in IE 6.0 as ?5/16/2005?

However, in Netscape and Firefox the Java Script displays the year as
?5/16/105?

Can anyone advise me how to fix this code?I can?t see the error?

Here is the Java Script code:

script type="text/javascript"></script
script type="text/javascript">function todayStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getMonth()+"/"+today.getDate()+"/"+(today.getYear())
}
function yearStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getYear()
}
/script
Copyright &copy; 1996-
script type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br
Page Last Updated -
script type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script

Copyright &copy; 1996-
script type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br
Page Last Updated -
script
type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script

I'd suggest not using javascript for the copyright date, since that only
needs updating once a year, a SSI might make more sense.

Also, the javascript 'last updated' is pointless, since it doesn't have
anything to do with when the page was actually last updated, so I'd just get
rid of that.

-Darrel

I'd suggest not using javascript for the copyright date, since that only
needs updating once a year, a SSI might make more sense.

Say what?

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Copyright &copy; 1996-
script
type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br
Page Last Updated -
script
type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script

I'd suggest not using javascript for the copyright date, since that only
needs updating once a year, a SSI might make more sense.

Also, the javascript 'last updated' is pointless, since it doesn't have
anything to do with when the page was actually last updated, so I'd just
get
rid of that.

-Darrel

Say what?

What.

-Darrel

Oh. <shrug>. I'd rather not have to think about it at all.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Copyright &copy; 1996-
script
type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br
Page Last Updated -
script
type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script

I'd suggest not using javascript for the copyright date, since that only
needs updating once a year, a SSI might make more sense.

Also, the javascript 'last updated' is pointless, since it doesn't have
anything to do with when the page was actually last updated, so I'd just
get
rid of that.

-Darrel

I think what Murray was fazed by is the notion that you have to update
copyright notices "once a year." The copyright year is the year in which
the work was created. If that was 1999, the the copyright will be 1999,
no matter what the year is now. So updating copyright notices to the
current year is pointless and may actually invalidate them.

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Use getFullYear instead of getYear

I think what Murray was fazed by is the notion that you have to update
copyright notices "once a year." The copyright year is the year in which
the work was created. If that was 1999, the the copyright will be 1999,
no matter what the year is now. So updating copyright notices to the
current year is pointless and may actually invalidate them.

Typically, one simply puts a blanket copyright on the contents of a web
site:

Web site copyrighted 1998-2005

etc...

-Darrel

No - actually, I was fazed by the notion that I had to DO SOMETHING other
than upload and forget. I don't think that updating the year impacts your
copyright. Do you have an indication that it might?

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"James Shook" <jshook (AT) dont_mail (DOT) com> wrote

I think what Murray was fazed by is the notion that you have to update
copyright notices "once a year." The copyright year is the year in which
the work was created. If that was 1999, the the copyright will be 1999, no
matter what the year is now. So updating copyright notices to the current
year is pointless and may actually invalidate them.

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