For batteries manufactured prior to 2018 the date codes will only have 5 digits.
Duracell lead acid battery date code.
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Ps psh psg and pg series product date codes the first five numeric characters represent the month day and year of manufacture mm dd y the first two numbers identify the month from 01 to 12.
For example 0 2010 1 2011 4 2014 etc old date code sample.
This digit is repeated every 10 years.
09017 would translate to september 1st 2017.
The number refers to the year in which the battery was made.
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For flooded lead acid batteries the date code is stamped using two letters and a number.
For example march is 03 and november is 11.
In this old system the 5th digit represents the year from 0 to 9.
How to read the date stamp or sticker on a car battery.
A l refers to january december.
The second two numbers specify the day of the month from 01 to 31.
If you are unsure of how old a car battery is the manufacturer often heat stamps a code onto the bat.
Don t worry a fully charged lead acid battery will freeze only at approx.
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2 would be 2012 3.
The first letter refers to the month it was manufactured.
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