Show current year in Ruby .erb

Just use the year method of a date in your erb file; this will give you the current date's year:

<%= Date.now.year %>

that didn't work

Ah, yes... sorry:

<%= "#{Date.now.year}" %>

I tested the basic code (Date.now.year) if plain old ruby

So what result did you get when you tried the code?  

If you're in straight ol' ruby (i.e., without Rails) then you have put a
   require 'date'
at the beginning of your code so that you get the date modules...  that's what I did and it works for me.

Doesnt work

Showing app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb where line #46 raised:

private method `now' called for Date:Class
Extracted source (around line #46):

43: </div>
44: <div id="subfooter">
45:     <div class="container clearfix">
46:       Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our <a href="/legal/terms-and-conditions">Terms and Conditions</a>. We care about your <a href="/legal/privacy-policy">Privacy</a>.<br />&copy; <%= "#{Date.now.year}" %> Pick A Quote Pty Ltd.
47:       </div>
48: </div>
Trace of template inclusion: app/views/layouts/application.html.erb

RAILS_ROOT: /home/hubfub/rails-app/pickaquote

It's ruby on rails

OK... Make it DateTime.now.year -- I just tried that in a sample rails app