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dateSelectTags()

Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls (month, day, and year) based on a name and value.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	Yes		Name to populate in tag's name attribute.
selected	string	No		Value of option that should be selected by default.
order	string	No	month, day, year	Use to change the order of or exclude date `select` tags.
separator	string	No		[see:dateSelect].
startYear	numeric	No	2012	First year in `select` list.
endYear	numeric	No	2022	Last year in `select` list.
monthDisplay	string	No	names	Pass in names, numbers, or abbreviations to control display.
monthNames	string	No	January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December	[see:dateSelect].
monthAbbreviations	string	No	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	[see:dateSelect].
includeBlank	any	No	false	Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass true to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, "- Select One -").
label	string	No		The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacement	string	No	around	Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prepend	string	No		String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append	string	No		String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel	string	No		String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel	string	No		String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
combine	boolean	No		Set to false to not combine the select parts into a single DateTime object.
encode	any	No	true	When set to `true`, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to `attributes` to only encode attribute values and not tag content.

<!--- This "Tag" version of function accepts `name` and `selected` instead of binding to a model object --->
#dateSelectTags(name="dateStart", selected=params.dateStart)#

<!--- Show fields for month and year only --->
#dateSelectTags(name="expiration", selected=params.expiration, order="month,year")#