Cut & Paste Drop Down Date select

/*********************************************** * Drop Down Date select script- by JavaScriptKit.com * This notice MUST stay intact for use * Visit JavaScript Kit at http://javascriptkit.com/ for this script and more ***********************************************/ var monthtext=['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sept','Oct','Nov','Dec']; function populatedropdown(dayfield, monthfield, yearfield){ var today=new Date() var dayfield=document.getElementById(dayfield) var monthfield=document.getElementById(monthfield) var yearfield=document.getElementById(yearfield) for (var i=0; i<31; i++) dayfield.options[i]=new Option(i, i+1) dayfield.options[today.getDate()]=new Option(today.getDate(), today.getDate(), true, true) //select today's day for (var m=0; m<12; m++) monthfield.options[m]=new Option(monthtext[m], monthtext[m]) monthfield.options[today.getMonth()]=new Option(monthtext[today.getMonth()], monthtext[today.getMonth()], true, true) //select today's month var thisyear=today.getFullYear() for (var y=0; y<20; y++){ yearfield.options[y]=new Option(thisyear, thisyear) thisyear+=1 } yearfield.options[0]=new Option(today.getFullYear(), today.getFullYear(), true, true) //select today's year }

<form action="" name="someform"> <select id="daydropdown"> </select> <select id="monthdropdown"> </select> <select id="yeardropdown"> </select> </form> //populatedropdown(id_of_day_select, id_of_month_select, id_of_year_select) window.onload=function(){ populatedropdown("daydropdown", "monthdropdown", "yeardropdown") }