diff --git a/lib/Constants.php b/lib/Constants.php
index 9f4ee640..6401d286 100644
--- a/lib/Constants.php
+++ b/lib/Constants.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const SOURCE_FADED_PAGE = 9;
 const AVERAGE_READING_WORDS_PER_MINUTE = 275;
 
 define('PD_YEAR', intval(gmdate('Y')) - 96);
+define('PD_STRING', 'January 1, ' . (PD_YEAR + 1));
 
 define('DONATION_HOLIDAY_ALERT_ON', time() > strtotime('November 15, ' . gmdate('Y'))  || time() < strtotime('January 7, ' . gmdate('Y')));
 define('DONATION_ALERT_ON', DONATION_HOLIDAY_ALERT_ON || rand(1, 4) == 2);
diff --git a/www/contribute/collections-policy.php b/www/contribute/collections-policy.php
index b57bcc8d..c07e4d7d 100644
--- a/www/contribute/collections-policy.php
+++ b/www/contribute/collections-policy.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require_once('Core.php');
 			<h1>Collections Policy</h1>
 			<h2 class="miniheader">Or, ebooks we do and don’t accept.</h2>
 		</hgroup>
-		<p>Standard Ebooks only works on books that have entered the U.S. public domain due to copyright expiration. Generally this means a book must have been published before January 1, <?= PD_YEAR + 1 ?>, though there are exceptions for works from later periods that didn’t follow copyright formalities. For more information on determining the copyright status of a work in the U.S., see <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/help/copyright.html">Project Gutenberg’s Copyright How-To</a>.</p>
+		<p>Standard Ebooks only works on books that have entered the U.S. public domain due to copyright expiration. Generally this means a book must have been published before <?= PD_STRING ?>, though there are exceptions for works from later periods that didn’t follow copyright formalities. For more information on determining the copyright status of a work in the U.S., see <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/help/copyright.html">Project Gutenberg’s Copyright How-To</a>.</p>
 		<p>Note that a book that is in the U.S. public domain may not be in the public domain of other countries, and vice versa.</p>
 		<h2>Types of ebooks we do accept</h2>
 		<ul>
diff --git a/www/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step.php b/www/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step.php
index 214be02c..61c34220 100644
--- a/www/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step.php
+++ b/www/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step.php
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ require_once('Core.php');
 					</li>
 				</ul>
 				<p>Internet Archive has the widest amount of scans, with the most permissive viewing and lending policy. Hathi Trust has many of the same scans as Google Books, but with a more permissive viewing policy. Google Books restricts readers based on IP address and does a poor job of implementing per-country copyright law, so people outside of the U.S. may not be able to access scans of books that are in the public domain of their country.</p>
-				<p>Each of those sources allows you to filter results by publication date, so make sure you select a maximum publication date of December 31, <?= PD_YEAR ?> (in other words, everything published before January 1, <?= PD_YEAR + 1 ?>) to ensure they’re in the U.S. public domain.</p>
+				<p>Each of those sources allows you to filter results by publication date, so make sure you select a maximum publication date of December 31, <?= PD_YEAR ?> (in other words, everything published before <?= PD_STRING ?>) to ensure they’re in the U.S. public domain.</p>
 				<p>Please keep the following important notes in mind when searching for page scans:</p>
 				<ul>
 					<li>
-						<p>Make sure the scans you find are <em>published before January 1, <?= PD_YEAR + 1 ?>.</em> You <em>must verify the copyright page in the page scans</em> before proceeding.</p>
+						<p>Make sure the scans you find are <em>published before <?= PD_STRING ?>.</em> You <em>must verify the copyright page in the page scans</em> before proceeding.</p>
 					</li>
 					<li>
 						<p>Often you’ll find different editions, published at different times by different publishers, for the same book. It’s worth the effort to quickly browse through each different one to get an idea of the kinds of changes the different publishers introduced. Maybe one edition is better than another!</p>
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll
 						<p>The image you pick should be a “fine art” oil painting so that all Standard Ebooks have a consistent cover style. This is actually easier than you think, because it turns out most public domain artwork is from the era of fine art.</p>
 					</li>
 					<li>
-						<p>You must provide proof of public domain status to the S.E. Editor-in-Chief in the form of a page scan of the painting from a book published before January 1, <?= PD_YEAR + 1 ?>, and the Editor-in-Chief must approve your selection before you can commit it to your repository.</p>
+						<p>You must provide proof of public domain status to the S.E. Editor-in-Chief in the form of a page scan of the painting from a book published before <?= PD_STRING ?>, and the Editor-in-Chief must approve your selection before you can commit it to your repository.</p>
 					</li>
 					<li>
 						<p>The Standard Ebooks Editor-in-Chief has the final say on the cover image you pick, and it may be rejected for, among other things, poor public domain status research, being too low resolution, not fitting in with the “fine art” style, or being otherwise inappropriate for your ebook.</p>
diff --git a/www/contribute/uncategorized-art-resources.php b/www/contribute/uncategorized-art-resources.php
index 561825fb..f7a5f6ff 100644
--- a/www/contribute/uncategorized-art-resources.php
+++ b/www/contribute/uncategorized-art-resources.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_once('Core.php');
 <main>
 	<article id="a-basic-standard-ebooks-source-folder">
 		<h1>Uncategorized art books</h1>
-		<p>You may find these art books published before January 1, <?= PD_YEAR + 1 ?> useful as you conduct cover art research.</p>
+		<p>You may find these art books published before <?= PD_STRING ?> useful as you conduct cover art research.</p>
 		<ul>
 			<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PBpAAAAAYAAJ">The History of Modern Painting</a></li>
 			<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3YoAAAAYAAJ">Art Studies for Schools: Or, Hints on the Use of Reproductions of High Art</a></li>