# Drop down box displaying years

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-down-box-displaying-years/143123>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 15, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-down-box-displaying-years/143123 "2008-07-15T14:33:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gennosuke)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-down-box-displaying-years/143123/1 "2008-07-15T14:33:02Z")

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Hi guys,  
How would I go about creating a drop down box with a listing of years  
from say 1900 to present?

Thanks  
Larry

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**Author:** ![gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gennosuke)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-down-box-displaying-years/143123/2 "2008-07-15T14:56:56Z")

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Hi Larry,

Larry Maxfield wrote:

> How would I go about creating a drop down  
> box with a listing of years from say 1900 to  
> present?

See the select\_year method at [api.rubyonrails.org](http://api.rubyonrails.org).

Best regards,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gennosuke)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-down-box-displaying-years/143123/3 "2008-07-16T13:46:09Z")

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Bill W. wrote:

> Hi Larry,
> 
> Larry Maxfield wrote:
> 
> > How would I go about creating a drop down  
> > box with a listing of years from say 1900 to  
> > present?
> 
> See the select\_year method at [api.rubyonrails.org](http://api.rubyonrails.org).
> 
> Best regards,  
> Bill

Ah yes, thanks for that, works great!