2017 is Almost Here!
JavaScript (ES6), 107
As an anonymous method with no parameters
Note 1483228800000 is Date.UTC(2017,0)
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`.repeat((Math.abs(new Date-14832288e5)+36e5-1)/36e5)

Test This keeps updating every 1 minute, but you'll need a lot of patience to see the output change.


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`.repeat((Math.abs(new Date-14832288e5)+36e5-1)/36e5)

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setInterval(update,60000)

update()
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