diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index ab02a4542..7ab558960 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
     'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
     'trans.context_processors.version',
     'trans.context_processors.title',
+    'trans.context_processors.date',
     )
 
 # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
diff --git a/trans/context_processors.py b/trans/context_processors.py
index 1672770d4..2c2eed120 100644
--- a/trans/context_processors.py
+++ b/trans/context_processors.py
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import trans
 from django.conf import settings
+from datetime import datetime, date
 
 def version(request):
     return {'version': trans.VERSION}
 
 def title(request):
     return {'site_title': settings.SITE_TITLE}
+
+def date(request):
+    return {
+        'current_date': datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
+        'current_year': datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y'),
+        'current_month': datetime.utcnow().strftime('%m'),
+        }