I'm using \date
to specify my document's date for \maketitle
. I would like to use the same date in my footer. Currently I have to enter the date twice: once in \date
and once in \rfoot
. Is there a way I can enter the date a single time and have \maketitle
and \rfoot
both use the same date?
Here's an excerpt from my original document:
\date{December 12, 2012}
\rfoot{December 12, 2012}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
I found a related question: How can I use @author, @date, and @title after maketitle? so I tried this:
\date{December 12, 2012} \let\Date\@date
\rfoot{\Date}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
But that gives me an error:
./MyDoc.tex:45: LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}
.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.45 \date{December 12, 2012} \let\Date\@d
ate
Best Answer
You have to use
makeatletter
andmakeatother
as in this code: