protected function months_dropdown( $post_type ) {
		global $wpdb, $wp_locale;

		/**
		 * Filters whether to remove the 'Months' drop-down from the post list table.
		 *
		 * @since 4.2.0
		 *
		 * @param bool   $disable   Whether to disable the drop-down. Default false.
		 * @param string $post_type The post type.
		 */
		if ( apply_filters( 'disable_months_dropdown', false, $post_type ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$extra_checks = "AND post_status != 'auto-draft'";
		if ( ! isset( $_GET['post_status'] ) || 'trash' !== $_GET['post_status'] ) {
			$extra_checks .= " AND post_status != 'trash'";
		} elseif ( isset( $_GET['post_status'] ) ) {
			$extra_checks = $wpdb->prepare( ' AND post_status = %s', $_GET['post_status'] );
		}

		$months = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( "
			SELECT DISTINCT YEAR( post_date ) AS year, MONTH( post_date ) AS month
			FROM $wpdb->posts
			WHERE post_type = %s
			$extra_checks
			ORDER BY post_date DESC
		", $post_type ) );

		/**
		 * Filters the 'Months' drop-down results.
		 *
		 * @since 3.7.0
		 *
		 * @param object $months    The months drop-down query results.
		 * @param string $post_type The post type.
		 */
		$months = apply_filters( 'months_dropdown_results', $months, $post_type );

		$month_count = count( $months );

		if ( !$month_count || ( 1 == $month_count && 0 == $months[0]->month ) )
			return;

		$m = isset( $_GET['m'] ) ? (int) $_GET['m'] : 0;
?>
		<label for="filter-by-date" class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Filter by date' ); ?></label>
		<select name="m" id="filter-by-date">
			<option<?php selected( $m, 0 ); ?> value="0"><?php _e( 'All dates' ); ?></option>
<?php
		foreach ( $months as $arc_row ) {
			if ( 0 == $arc_row->year )
				continue;

			$month = zeroise( $arc_row->month, 2 );
			$year = $arc_row->year;

			printf( "<option %s value='%s'>%s</option>\n",
				selected( $m, $year . $month, false ),
				esc_attr( $arc_row->year . $month ),
				/* translators: 1: month name, 2: 4-digit year */
				sprintf( __( '%1$s %2$d' ), $wp_locale->get_month( $month ), $year )
			);
		}
?>
		</select>
<?php
	}