From c11ac9acfbdc0dbcd3105cf7cfc7be8a017e0615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:28:36 -0500
Subject: Provide defaults for Year and Month.

Year is a required field, but we provide the month too.
---
 uploader/publications/views.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'uploader/publications')

diff --git a/uploader/publications/views.py b/uploader/publications/views.py
index d9eb294..89e9f5d 100644
--- a/uploader/publications/views.py
+++ b/uploader/publications/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Endpoints for publications"""
 import json
+import datetime
 
 from gn_libs.mysqldb import database_connection
 from flask import (
@@ -89,9 +90,12 @@ def create_publication():
     }
 
     if request.method == "GET":
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
         return render_template(
             "publications/create-publication.html",
-            get_args=_get_args)
+            get_args=_get_args,
+            current_year=now.year,
+            current_month=now.strftime("%B"))
     form = request.form
     authors = form.get("publication-authors").encode("utf8")
     if authors is None or authors == "":
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