Jquery selectbox validations

[letom]

I have the following code working in Jquery.

I need to display the message "Year Required" when the value or option value of select element is "0".
My coding is as follows

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
   $("#register").validate({
       
   debug: true,
       rules: {
          year: { required: function () { return ($("#year option:selected").val() == "0"); } }  
       },

       messages: {
           year: "Year Required",
       },
   });
})
</script>

Select box coding

<select name="year"  id="year">
    <option value="0">Year</option>
    <option value="1">1919</option>
    <option value="2">1920</option>
    <option value="3">1921</option>
    <option value="4">1922</option>
</select>

For the above coding IE is not showing any errors. but the validations is not working. your suggestions shall be highly appreciated