I am not sure if this is posted anywhere else or not. I did a quick search and did not find anyhting (but we all know about the search).
This is a change to the copywright.tpl file so that you
never have to worry about editing it when the year changes... it just takes the year the store opened (from the config) and the current year.... anyway... just change your
copywright.tpl file to read like this...
Code:
Copyright © {$config.Company.start_year}-{$smarty.now|date_format:"%Y"} {$config.Company.company_name}
It should have been coded this way anyway...