Date Selection

[Boiler2005]

Hi,
I am trying to make a drop down for the user to select the month and date...
Since Month(1-12) does change through time I have hard coded that... Year
however does, and I am trying to make this selection dropdown dynamic. My
attempt so far is to <cfset current_year = DateFormat(Now(),"yyyy")> Which
=2005 ... Then I am trying to run a loop <CFLOOP CONDITION="current_year LESS
THAN OR EQUAL TO 2004"> Which is the oldest the date will ever need to be...
This way in 5 years the drop down will still work... I use this for the loop
<CFSET current_year = current_year - 1> .....
However all this isn't working and I can not figure out why.. Any ideas? Or is
there a better way to go about this? Thank you in advance... I have pasted the
code below...
<cfset current_year = DateFormat(Now(),"yyyy")>
Year:
<select name="date_y" style="vertical-align: middle">
<CFLOOP CONDITION="current_year LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO current_year2">
<option value="current_year">#current_year#</option>
<CFSET current_year = current_year - 1>
<CFOUTPUT>#current_year#</CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>
</select>

[Vbprog40]

I hope im understanding this corrently. You want to display now: 2005 and
2004 in the dropdown Next year you want to display: 2006, 2005, 2004...? Try
this: <cfset current_year = DateFormat(Now(),'yyyy')> <select name='date_y'
style='vertical-align: middle'> <CFLOOP CONDITION='#current_year# GTE '2004''>
<cfoutput> <option value='current_year'>#current_year#</option> </cfoutput>
<CFSET current_year = current_year - 1> </CFLOOP> </select>

[Another Phil]

Boiler2005,

I was writing this in notepad and did not have a chance to check it... So the
syntax might be slightly off if my memory didn't serve me correctly.

<cfset thisyear=#DateFormat(Now(), 'yyyy')#>
<cfset yearstoshow=5>
<cfoutput>
<select name="year" size="1" onChange="document.showdate.submit()">

<cfset thisyear = #thisyear# - 1>

<cfloop from="1" to="#yearstoshow#">
<option value=#thisyear#>#thisyear#</option>
<cfset thisyear = #thisyear# +1>
</cfloop>
</select>
</cfoutput>

Will make a drop down showin last year, this year, and the next 3 years. Can
easily be edited to work for your needs.

Change: <cfset thisyear = #thisyear# - 1> to subtract the number of years you
want and <cfset yearstoshow=5> to show a greater range of years.

-Phil