Option Menu with Date Shows as 1969-12-31 - php

Question

I have an option menu that works properly when there are records to display. I sometimes have a new item that still does not have records and I would like the option menu not to display any dates. Instead it displays 1969-12-31.
<select name="selDate" id="selDate" onchange="formDate.submit()">
<option value="%">all dates</option>
<?php
do {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $row_RecordsetDate['date']?>"<?php if
($varDate_Recordset1 == $row_RecordsetDate['date']) {echo 'selected';} ?>><?
php $dates=date('l, F d, Y',strtotime($row_RecordsetDate['date']));
?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_RecordsetDate = mysql_fetch_assoc($RecordsetDate));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($RecordsetDate);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($RecordsetDate, 0);
$row_RecordsetDate = mysql_fetch_assoc($RecordsetDate);
}
?>
</select>
How can I have the option menu display blank if no records or just state no date available?

Answer 1

<select name="selDate" id="selDate" onchange="formDate.submit()">
<option value="%">all dates</option>
<?php
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($RecordsetDate)){
if(isset($row['date'])){
if(strlen($row['date'])){
echo '<option value="'.$row['date'].'"';
if($varDate_Recordset1 == $row['date']){
echo 'selected';
}
$date = date('l, F d, Y',strtotime($row['date']));
echo '>'.$date.'</option>';
}
}
}
?>
</select>

Answer 2

Through trial and error, I came up with the following solution. I placed an if else statement in the option value.
<option value="<?php echo $row_RecordsetDate['date']?>"<?php if ($varDate_Recordset1 == $row_RecordsetDate['date']) {echo 'selected';} ?>><?php $dates=date('l, F d, Y',strtotime($row_RecordsetDate['date'])); $rows = mysql_num_rows($RecordsetDate); if(!empty($rows)){
echo $dates;
}else{
echo ""; }?></option>
Below is the complete solution.
<select name="selDate" id="selDate" onchange="formDate.submit()">
<option value="%">all dates</option>
<?php
do {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $row_RecordsetDate['date']?>"<?php if ($varDate_Recordset1 == $row_RecordsetDate['date']) {echo 'selected';} ?>><?php $dates=date('l, F d, Y',strtotime($row_RecordsetDate['date'])); $rows = mysql_num_rows($RecordsetDate); if(!empty($rows)){
echo $dates;
}else{
echo ""; }?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_RecordsetDate = mysql_fetch_assoc($RecordsetDate));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($RecordsetDate);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($RecordsetDate, 0);
$row_RecordsetDate = mysql_fetch_assoc($RecordsetDate);
}
?>
</select>