You only need the first and last years.
Our automated copyright checking tool prefers "2004-2017", but I believe it will
also accept "2004, 2017".
Anissa Lam wrote on 01/ 3/17 03:27 PM:
> Hi Bill,
> A question about the year format
> Original: Copyright (c) 2004,2011
>
> Should i just add 2017 to the end, so it becomes: 2004,2011, 2017
> or
> should i just change it to 2004-2017 ?
>
> thanks
> Anissa.
>
>> On Jan 2, 2017, at 5:51 PM, Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it's a new year, and that means when you update a file for the first
>> time this year, you should also update the copyright year for the file.
>> Often that means changing "1997-2016" to "1997-2017".
>>
>> No, no one is going to do that for you. *You* need to do it. But only
>> for the files that you're otherwise changing. No bulk updates just to
>> change the copyright year.
>>
>> Thanks.