From e690b031cc3c07b657dc235252a284d8023a38dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 12:29:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set the origin date once and forget it.

---
 docs/conf.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7402c7a..bf6ae64 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
+import datetime
 
 if 'check_output' not in dir(subprocess):
 	import subprocess32 as subprocess
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ dist_info_cmd = [sys.executable, setup_script] + fields
 output_bytes = subprocess.check_output(dist_info_cmd, cwd=root)
 project, version, url, author = output_bytes.decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')
 
-copyright = '2016 ' + author
+origin_date = datetime.date(2017,1,1)
+today = datetime.date.today()
+
+copyright = '{origin_date.year}-{today.year} {author}'.format(**locals())
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version