How do you access variable in the link section of your directive in Angular Js?

Question

I am trying to create a directive that will generate the current year for copyright. How do I access the year variable in the link of the directive? I've tried everything, but nothing works.

.directive('copyrightYear', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        link: function(scope, element) {
            var date = new Date();
            var year = date.getFullYear();
        },
        template: ''
    };
})

Are you trying to access year from the template for the directive? — Travis
– Travis, Commented Jul 11, 2015 at 17:55
that looks like it would generate a year variable, but you don't appear to be using it anywhere. — Claies
– Claies, Commented Jul 11, 2015 at 17:56
@Travis Yes, I tried {{ year }} and {{ copyRight.year }}. Year returns nothing, copyright.year returns NaN. — sloansparger
– sloansparger, Commented Jul 11, 2015 at 19:55

Preston Van Loon · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-11 18:01:18Z

3

Add it to the scope

.directive('copyrightYear', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        link: function(scope, element) {
            var date = new Date();
            scope.year = date.getFullYear();
        },
        template: '{{year}}'
    };
});

edited Jul 11, 2015 at 18:01

answered Jul 11, 2015 at 17:55

Preston Van Loon

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Bhojendra Rauniyar Over a year ago

I was going to answer the same. ^1

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