Sometimes, we want to print the current year on a website with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to print the current year on a website with JavaScript.
How to print the current year on a website with JavaScript?
To print the current year on a website with JavaScript, we can add a text node with the current year.
For instance, we write
<div>
©
<span id="copyright">
<script>
document
.getElementById("copyright")
.appendChild(document.createTextNode(new Date().getFullYear()));
</script>
</span>
Company Name
</div>
to get the span with getElementById
.
Then we call appendChild
with a text node that has the current 4 digit year.
We call createTextNode
to create a text node.
And we use new Date().getFullYear()
to get the current 4 digit year.
Conclusion
To print the current year on a website with JavaScript, we can add a text node with the current year.