MVC - Populate Drop Down Lists with months and years

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1. Model

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace WebApplication1.Models
{
    public class DropDownListSample
    {
        public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Months
        {
            get
            {
                int curMonth = DateTime.Now.Month;
                return Enumerable.Range(1, 12).Select(x => new SelectListItem { Value = x.ToString("0"), Text = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.GetMonthName(x), Selected = (x == curMonth) });
            
            }
        }
        public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Years
        {
            get
            {
                int curYear = DateTime.Now.Year;
                return Enumerable.Range(DateTime.Now.Year - 10, 11).Select(x => new SelectListItem { Value = x.ToString("0"),Text = x.ToString("0"), Selected = (x == curYear) }).Reverse();
            }
        }
    }
}

 

2. Controller

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var model = new DropDownListSample();
            return View(model);
        }

 

3. View

 

@model WebApplication1.Models.DropDownListSample

@using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Home"))
{
  @Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Months , Model.Months, "", new { @id = "ddlMonth"})
    @Html.DropDownListFor(x =>x.Years, Model.Years, "", new { @id = "ddlYear"})
}