[jQuery] jEditable - simple datepicker

[jQuery] jEditable - simple datepicker


Hello
I'm using the excellent jEditable plugin to edit my data in place and
am adapting the "Time Picker 2" custom input to provide a simple date
picker - i.e. select boxes for day, month, year. It works fine so far,
but I'm hoping to be able to add some additional functionality to it,
namely the ability to select a max and min year, so that it can be
used for different purposes (e.g. a date of birth field where min year
is date-70 and max year is date-16, or another kind of date, which
may require years in the future).
Here's my code so far, as used for a dob field... can anyone help me
by letting me know how to add parameters that I can pass to the type
option?
$.editable.addInputType('datepicker', {
    element: function(settings, original) {
        var dayselect = $('<select id="day_">');
        var monthselect = $('<select id="month_">');
        var yearselect = $('<select id="year_">');
        for(var day=1; day <=31; day++) {
            if(day < 10) {
                day = '0' + day;
            }
            var option = $('<option>').val(day).append(day);
            dayselect.append(option);
        }
        $(this).append(dayselect);
        for(var month=1; month <= 12; month++) {
            var monthname = [];
            monthname[1] = "January";
            monthname[2] = "February";
            monthname[3] = "March";
            monthname[4] = "April";
            monthname[5] = "May";
            monthname[6] = "June";
            monthname[7] = "July";
            monthname[8] = "August";
            monthname[9] = "September";
            monthname[10] = "October";
            monthname[11] = "November";
            monthname[12] = "December";
            if(month < 10) {
                monthnum = '0' + month;
            } else {
                monthnum = month;
            }
            var option = $('<option>').val(monthnum).append(monthname[month]);
            monthselect.append(option);
        }
        $(this).append(monthselect);
        for(var year=<?php echo date('Y')-16; ?>; year >= <?php echo
date('Y')-70; ?>; year--) {
            var option = $('<option>').val(year).append(year);
            yearselect.append(option);
        }
        $(this).append(yearselect);
        var hidden = $('<input type="hidden">');
        $(this).append(hidden);
        return(hidden);
    },
    content: function(string, settings, original) {
        var day = parseInt(string.substr(0,2));
        var month = parseInt(string.substr(3,2));
        var year = parseInt(string.substr(6,4));
        $("#day_", this).children().each(function() {
            if(day == $(this).val()) {
                $(this).attr('selected', 'selected');
            }
        });
        $("#month_", this).children().each(function() {
            if(month == $(this).val()) {
                $(this).attr('selected', 'selected');
            }
        });
        $("#year_", this).children().each(function() {
            if(year == $(this).val()) {
                $(this).attr('selected', 'selected');
            }
        });
    },
    submit:    function(settings, original) {
        var value= $("#year_").val() + "-" + $("#month_").val() + "-" + $
("#day_").val();
        $("input", this).val(value);
    }
});
P.S. I'm formatting my date dd.mm.yyyy, which is why the value is
sliced up the way it is.