I have a dropdownlist which contains years.(from 1910 - 2020). I assigned those values statically by

using for loop and  dropdownlist.items.add(). Defaultly when page load it shows the year 1910.

But I want it as 2008 when page loads.

thanks in advance.

dropdownlist.SelectedValue =  Year(Date.Today)

ListItem li = DDLSource.Items.FindByValue("2008");

if(dropdownlist.Items.Contains(li))

{

dropdownlist.SelectedValue ="2008"