AngularJS Example

HTML

<div ng-app="">
  <div ng-controller="Ctrl">
    <select ng-model="month" ng-options="key as value for (key,value) in months"></select>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

</style> <!-- Ugly Hack due to jsFiddle issue: http://goo.gl/BUfGZ --> 
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.5/angular.min.js"></script>
<style>
​.ng-invalid { border: 1px solid red; }​

JavaScript

function Ctrl($scope) {
  $scope.months = {
      "null": "Select",
      "1": "01 - Jan",
      "2": "02 - Feb",
      "3": "03 - Mar",
      "4": "04 - Apr",
      "5": "05 - May",
      "6": "06 - Jun",
      "7": "07 - Jul",
      "8": "08 - Aug",
      "9": "09 - Sep",
      "10": "10 - Oct",
      "11": "11 - Nov",
      "12": "12 - Dec"
    };
    $scope.month = 'null';
}