$months = array (
	1 => 'Jan',
	2 => 'Feb',
	3 => 'Mar',
	4 => 'Apr',
	5 => 'May',
	6 => 'Jun',
	7 => 'July',
	8 => 'Aug',
	9 => 'Sep',
	10 => 'Oct',
	11 => 'Nov',
	12 => 'Dec',
);

$time = current_time('timestamp');
$today_day = date('j', $time);
$today_month = date('M', $time);
$today_year = date('Y', $time);

// meta box ===> Events
$earth_meta_boxes[] = array(
	'id' => 'event_options',
	'title' => __('Event Options','earth'),
	'pages' => array('events'),
	'fields' => array(
		array(
            'name' => __('Start Date','earth'),
            'desc' => __('Enter the start date for the event.','earth'),
            'id' => $prefix . 'event_start_date',
            'type' => 'date',
            'std' => array(
	            'month' => $today_month,
	            'day' => $today_day,
	            'year' => $today_year,
	        ),
            'options' => array (
            	'month' => $months
            ),
        ),
        array(
            'name' => __('End Date','earth'),
            'desc' => __('Enter the end date for the event.','earth'),
            'id' => $prefix . 'event_end_date',
            'type' => 'date',
            'std' => array(
                'month' => 'Select Month',
                'day' => '',
                'year' => '',
            ),
            'options' => array (
            	'month' => $months
            ),
        ),