是否有更有效的方法来创建年/月的列表？

On a page I want to dynamically list years and all the months in each year so an archive for each month can be viewed. I want to show the current year first but the current year may not be over yet so I only want to show the months that have passed, and the current month. Then I want all years and all months in the past since this year (i.e. 2008).On a page I want to dynamically list years and