diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/time.dm b/code/__DEFINES/time.dm
index ceb16215e40..d445b4ec461 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/time.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/time.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 /// Define that just has the current in-universe year for use in whatever context you might want to display that in. (For example, 2022 -> 2562 given a 540 year offset)
 #define CURRENT_STATION_YEAR (GLOB.year_integer + STATION_YEAR_OFFSET)
 
+/// Used in the GLOB year and tgui PreInit
+#define UTC_YEAR time2text(world.realtime,"YYYY",NO_TIMEZONE)
+
 /// In-universe, SS13 is set 540 years in the future from the real-world day, hence this number for determining the year-offset for the in-game year.
 #define STATION_YEAR_OFFSET 540
 
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/time_vars.dm b/code/_globalvars/time_vars.dm
index 29526f845b2..fd9b925e0d4 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/time_vars.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/time_vars.dm
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 /// The difference betwen midnight (of the host computer) and 0 world.ticks.
 GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(timezoneOffset, 0)
 
-GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(year, time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY", NO_TIMEZONE))
+GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(year, UTC_YEAR)
 GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(year_integer, text2num(year)) // = 2013???
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/tgui.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/tgui.dm
index d87aa0f1dd1..ea8b02e8129 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/tgui.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/tgui.dm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tgui)
 	ntos_error = "<style type='text/css'>\n[ntos_error]\n</style>"
 	basehtml = replacetextEx(basehtml, "<!-- tgui:ntos-error -->", ntos_error)
 
-	basehtml = replacetextEx(basehtml, "<!-- tgui:nt-copyright -->", "Nanotrasen (c) 2525-[CURRENT_STATION_YEAR]")
+	basehtml = replacetextEx(basehtml, "<!-- tgui:nt-copyright -->", "Nanotrasen (c) 2525-[text2num(UTC_YEAR) + STATION_YEAR_OFFSET]") // This can't use the GLOB as it runs before those are populated
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/tgui/OnConfigLoad()
 	var/storage_iframe = CONFIG_GET(string/storage_cdn_iframe)