<option value='January' >January</option> <option value='February' >February</option> <option value='March' >March</option> <option value='April' >April</option> <option value='May' >May</option> <option value='June' >June</option> <option value='July' >July</option> <option value='August' selected="selected">August</option> <option value='September' >September</option> <option value='October' >October</option> <option value='November' >November</option> <option value='December' >December</option> Personally, I would do something like this. <select><option value='January' >January</option> <option value='February' >February</option> <option value='March' >March</option> <option value='April' >April</option> <option value='May' >May</option> <option value='June' >June</option> <option value='July' >July</option> <option value='August' selected="selected">August</option> <option value='September' >September</option> <option value='October' >October</option> <option value='November' >November</option> <option value='December' >December</option></select> Now, if you are wanting to display the numerical month with leading zero's, then you would want to look at the 'm' option for date() or str_pad(). something like this might show you what you need. 03