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. html_select_date is a custom function that creates date dropdowns for you. It can display any or all of year, month, and day. This will output: January February March April May June July August September October November December 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2001 ]]> This will output: (current year is 2000) January February March April May June July August September October November December 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ]]>