larryz@tekigm.UUCP (11/27/86)
In article <1392@rayssdb.UUCP> iws@rayssdb.UUCP (Ihor W. Slabicky) writes: >Would some one post to the net, if they can find it, the >way to break the code on the back of every package of >Mallory Duracell batteries which tells you when the >batteries were manufactured? Thanks! The following info. is from the PHOTO '87 INFORMATION ALMANAC by the Editors of Modern Photography: On the back of American made packages of Duracells is a stamped date code. The first digit is the last digit of the year of manufacture. Next is a letter representing the the month, arranged alphabetically, A - L. The next two digits are the day of the month. The last letter represents the U.S. factory. Example: "4J08X" indicates Oct. 8, 1984 Gray market Duracells do not have a stamped code. A list of U.S. factories corresponding to the last letter of the code, was not provided. Regards, Larry Zimmer tektronix!tekigm2!larryz Oh No another beautiful theory ruined by facts!