[snippet] Generate years for copyright notice.....

// CopyYears - snippet for MODx
// Automatically updating copyright date
// License GPL
// Written 04-2006

// &startYear - first year of notice
//              defaults to current year
// [!CopyYears?startYear=`2005`!]

$spacer = " - ";
$now = date("Y");
$startYear = isset($startYear)? $startYear : $now;
$years = ($now > $startYear) ? $startYear.$spacer.$now : $now;
return "$years";

<?php
/**
 * CopyYears
 *
 * Parameters:
 * start - first year of notice defaults to current year
 * spacer - the space string between start and current year
 *
 * [[!CopyYears? &startYear=`2011`]]
 */

$start = $modx->getOption('start', $scriptProperties, date("Y"));
$spacer = $modx->getOption('spacer', $scriptProperties, ' - ');

$now = date("Y");
$startYear = isset($startYear)? $startYear : $now;
$years = ($now > $start) ? $start.$spacer.$now : $now;

return $years;

© 2006 - [[yearecho]]

<?php $year = date('Y'); return $year; ?> 

<?php
return time();
?>

[[!time:date=`%Y`]]