(copyright-current-year): Now a defvar.

(copyright, copyright-update): Compute the current year at run
time.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f1fcdf2e552..a4fe3854cae 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-01-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * emacs-lisp/copyright.el (copyright-current-year): Now a defvar.
+        (copyright, copyright-update): Compute the current year at run
+        time.
+
 2001-01-08  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
         * isearch.el (isearch-old-signal-hook): Removed.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/copyright.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/copyright.el
index 8499b815df1..7c06b97269d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/copyright.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/copyright.el
@@ -61,16 +61,18 @@ When this is `function', only ask when called non-interactively."
                  (other :tag "Ask" t)))
 
 
-(defconst copyright-current-year (substring (current-time-string) -4)
-  "String representing the current year.")
-
-
 ;; when modifying this, also modify the comment generated by autoinsert.el
 (defconst copyright-current-gpl-version "2"
   "String representing the current version of the GPL or `nil'.")
 
 (defvar copyright-update t)
 
+;; This is a defvar rather than a defconst, because the year can
+;; change during the Emacs session.
+(defvar copyright-current-year "2001"
+  "String representing the current year.")
+
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun copyright-update (&optional arg)
   "Update the copyright notice at the beginning of the buffer to indicate
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ copyright, if any, are updated as well."
         (save-restriction
           (widen)
           (goto-char (point-min))
+          (setq copyright-current-year (substring (current-time-string) -4))
           (if (re-search-forward copyright-regexp copyright-limit t)
               (if (string= (buffer-substring (- (match-end 2) 2) (match-end 2))
                            (substring copyright-current-year -2))
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ copyright, if any, are updated as well."
   "Insert a copyright by $ORGANIZATION notice at cursor."
   "Company: "
   comment-start
-  "Copyright (C) " copyright-current-year " by "
+  "Copyright (C) " `(substring (current-time-string) -4) " by "
   (or (getenv "ORGANIZATION")
       str)
   '(if (> (point) copyright-limit)