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Originally Posted by BattDateCode
Thanks to this thread, post and forum. Recently got a Century with a melted date D11KA which using the above, should be 11/Nov/17 (assuming if B is 2018, A must be 2017 and the start of a new cycle of letters for year)
There's a sticker near the terminals '1805' every battery i saw had a variant, 1803 to 1804 to 1805. Wondering if 1805 is the fill date (i.e. filled May 2018 from disty?)
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The sticker tells you the month and year that the battery left the distribution centre for delivery to the reseller. It has no relation to when the battery was produced in the factory. The sticker is an indication of how long the battery has been on the shelf. 1805 means 2018, May. Century Batteries have a policy of rotating the batterys off the shelf after 6 months and the stickers give the reps a quick indication of how long it's been on the shelf. You would have noticed that they were different colours as well. There are 6 different colours used that change every month. Hope this helps.