<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function addOption(dropdown,text,value ) { var optn = document.createElement("OPTION"); optn.text = text; optn.value = value; dropdown.options.add(optn); } </script> </head> <select id="year" name="year" style="width: 70px" ></select> <script type="text/javascript"> var date = new Date(); var startYear = '2000' ; var currentYear = date.getFullYear(); do { addOption(document.getElementById("year"), currentYear, currentYear); currentYear--; } while (currentYear >= startYear); </script> </BODY> </html> *************Output*************