Can $DateTime.Now.Year be used with NVelocity to display the current year?

Question

Sorry that this is kind of a lazy questions...

I'm curious if $DateTime.Now.Year can be used with NVelocity templates to show the current year? Or do I need to set a variable?

Answer 1

No, as far as I know NVelocity templates only work with objects set in the VelocityContext.

Answer 2

But there is no problem with adding your custom objects to the context and then use them in the template.

_context = new VelocityContext();
_context.Put("your_key", your_object);