diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
index 8ba519efa2e..918a1ca2d71 100755
--- a/doc/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <li><a href="https://www.au.dk/"><img class="institution" src="{{ pathto('_static/institution_logos/Aarhus.png', 1) }}" title="Aarhus Universitet" alt="Aarhus Universitet"/></a></li>
         <li><a href="https://www.uni-graz.at/"><img class="institution" src="{{ pathto('_static/institution_logos/Graz.jpg', 1) }}" title="Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz" alt="Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz"/></a></li>
       </ul>
-      <p class="text-center text-muted small">&copy; Copyright 2012-2020, MNE Developers. Last updated on 2020-03-27.</p>
+      <p class="text-center text-muted small">&copy; Copyright {{ copyright }}</p>
     </div></div></div>
   </footer>
   <script src="https://mne.tools/versionwarning.js"></script>
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 204dc860f2b..18807b3f31f 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-from datetime import date
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import gc
 import os
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'MNE'
-td = date.today()
-copyright = u'2012-%s, MNE Developers. Last updated on %s' % (td.year,
-                                                              td.isoformat())
+td = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+copyright = (
+    '2012-%(year)s, MNE Developers. Last updated '
+    '<time datetime="%(iso)s" class="localized">%(short)s</time>\n'
+    '<script type="text/javascript">$(function () { $("time.localized").each(function () { var el = $(this); el.text(new Date(el.attr("datetime")).toLocaleString([], {dateStyle: "medium", timeStyle: "long"})); }); } )</script>'  # noqa: E501
+) % dict(year=td.year, iso=td.isoformat(),
+         short=td.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z'))
 
 nitpicky = True
 nitpick_ignore = [