On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alex Vincent <ajvinc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently in the process of updating copyright notices where I work.
> To me, this is an ideal place for a SVN keyword:
>
> Copyright 2008-$Year$ MyCompany
>
> The SVN keywords listed in the online documentation list Date, but it's far
> too specific for a copyright.  As an alternate, perhaps a special formatting
> keyword for dates could be established:  $Date(YYYY)$, for example.
>

AFAIK, the $Date keyword works off the last time the particular file was
updated. Are you expecting this new $Year$ value to always be current (ie
2011), or only reflect the year in which the file was last modified (ie
2009)?

Cheers,
Daniel B.

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