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Offline Topcat

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Deciphering the date code
« on: September 03, 2008 - 10:14:40 PM »
How do you tell when something was made? For example a part will have a 4 digit number on it like 2509. So what would be the day and month? I know its something like the 2 thousandth 500 and 9th day beginning from...
1960? 1970?

What is the beginning time line they all start with?
Mike, Fremont, CA.





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Re: Deciphering the date code
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008 - 10:17:21 PM »
Hey TC.............

Sometimes, depending on the part it will be the 250th day of 1969 = 2509 :2thumbs:
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Re: Deciphering the date code
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008 - 10:19:15 PM »
Thanks Kenny.  :2thumbs:
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: Deciphering the date code
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008 - 11:34:19 PM »
You can see some different date code examples here;


http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/dateCodes101.shtml

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Re: Deciphering the date code
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2008 - 12:17:29 AM »
Good stuff. Thanks Barry.  :2thumbs:
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: Deciphering the date code
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2008 - 02:50:43 AM »
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