var yearFrom = 2006;

var startYear = document.getElementById("startyear");
var finishYear = document.getElementById("finishyear");

/* remove dummy options */
startYear.removeChild(startYear.lastChild);
finishYear.removeChild(finishYear.lastChild);

var d = new Date();
var y = d.getFullYear();
/*
for (i=yearFrom; i<=(y) ; i++) {
  var option = document.createElement("option");
  var i_node = document.createTextNode(i);
  option.setAttribute('value', i);
  option.appendChild(i_node);
  startYear.appendChild(option);
  finishYear.appendChild(option.cloneNode(true));
}*/

for (i=yearFrom; i<=(y) ; i++) {
  var option = document.createElement("option");
  var i_node = document.createTextNode(i);
  option.setAttribute('value', i);
  if (i == yearFrom) { option.setAttribute('selected','selected');}
  option.appendChild(i_node);
  startYear.appendChild(option);
  var l_option  =option.cloneNode(true);
  if (i == yearFrom) { l_option.setAttribute('selected','selected');}
  finishYear.appendChild(l_option);
}