From a59051a5679386aabc73821dd81cde525d3faaa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James C. Owens" <jamesowens@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:20:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Pull copyright year for About Gridcoin from gridcoin-config.h

---
 src/qt/aboutdialog.cpp | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qt/aboutdialog.cpp b/src/qt/aboutdialog.cpp
index 35f2df5b44..0f18d289d4 100755
--- a/src/qt/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,23 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     ui(new Ui::AboutDialog)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
-    ui->copyrightLabel->setText("Copyright 2009-2024 The Bitcoin/Peercoin/Black-Coin/Gridcoin developers");
+
+    QString copyrightText = "Copyright 2009-";
+    std::variant<int, QString> copyright_year = COPYRIGHT_YEAR;
+
+    try {
+        copyrightText += QString::number(std::get<int>(copyright_year));
+    } catch (const std::bad_variant_access& e) {
+        try {
+            copyrightText += std::get<QString>(copyright_year);
+        } catch (const std::bad_variant_access& e) {
+            copyrightText += "Present";
+        }
+    }
+
+    copyrightText +=  " The Bitcoin/Peercoin/Black-Coin/Gridcoin developers";
+
+    ui->copyrightLabel->setText(copyrightText);
 
     resize(GRC::ScaleSize(this, width(), height()));