{html_select_date} is a custom function that creates date dropdowns. It can display any or all of year, month, and day. All parameters that are not in the list below are printed as name/value-pairs inside the <select> tags of day, month and year. Attribute Name Type Required Default Description prefix string No Date_ what to prefix the var name with time timestamp/YYYY-MM-DD No current time in unix timestamp or YYYY-MM-DD format what date/time to use start_year string No current year the first year in the dropdown, either year number, or relative to current year (+/- N) end_year string No same as start_year the last year in the dropdown, either year number, or relative to current year (+/- N) display_days boolean No &true; whether to display days or not display_months boolean No &true; whether to display months or not display_years boolean No &true; whether to display years or not month_format string No %B what format the month should be in (strftime) day_format string No %02d what format the day output should be in (sprintf) day_value_format string No %d what format the day value should be in (sprintf) year_as_text boolean No &false; whether or not to display the year as text reverse_years boolean No &false; display years in reverse order field_array string No null if a name is given, the select boxes will be drawn such that the results will be returned to PHP in the form of name[Day], name[Year], name[Month]. day_size string No null adds size attribute to select tag if given month_size string No null adds size attribute to select tag if given year_size string No null adds size attribute to select tag if given all_extra string No null adds extra attributes to all select/input tags if given day_extra string No null adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given month_extra string No null adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given year_extra string No null adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given field_order string No MDY the order in which to display the fields field_separator string No \n string printed between different fields month_value_format string No %m strftime format of the month values, default is %m for month numbers. year_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the year's select-box has this value as it's label and as it's value. This is useful to make the select-box read Please select a year for example. Note that you can use values like -MM-DD as time-attribute to indicate an unselected year. month_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the month's select-box has this value as it's label and as it's value. . Note that you can use values like YYYY--DD as time-attribute to indicate an unselected month. day_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the day's select-box has this value as it's label and as it's value. Note that you can use values like YYYY-MM- as time-attribute to indicate an unselected day. There's an useful php function on the date tips page for converting {html_select_date} values to a timestamp. Template code This will output: January February March ..... snipped ..... October November December 01 02 03 ..... snipped ..... 11 12 13 14 15 ..... snipped ..... 29 30 31 2001 ]]> With 2000 as the current year the output: January February .... snipped .... November December 1995 .... snipped .... 1999 2000 2001 ]]> See also {html_select_time}, date_format, $smarty.now and the date tips page.