Our brief article will decipher the different manufacturer codes. This will enable you to read the date on your battery and check its actual age.

1. HOW TO READ CAR
BATTERY DATE CODES
S O L U T I O N S F O R E V E R Y
B A T T E R Y P R O B L E M
B A T T E R Y G L O B E

2. M
A
Y
You will also often find the manufacture date hot stamped onto the
side of the battery as a code or the actual date as below:
HOW TO READ CAR BATTERY DATE CODES
Each battery manufacturer will have their own way of reading the date
code, however, the following are the most common:
Many manufacturers use a date sticker on top of the battery to
show the “in service” date. The sticker shows months and years,
and particular ones are marked when you buy the battery.
Or, you may find a date sticker on the top or side that looks like
this with the codes indicating the months and the years:
Example: B7 = February 2007
Letters represent months and
numbers represent years. Months
are represented from A to M (skip I).
Example: F3D201 = June 3 2003
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3. MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
A-January 1-2001 G-July 7-2007
B-February 2-2002 H-August 8-2008
C-March 3-2003 J-September 9-2009
D-April 4-2004 K-October 10-2010
E-May 5-2005 L- November 1-2011
F-June 6-2006 M-December 2-2012
Sometimes letters are used for the month. Here, the letters will range
from A to M, with A meaning January, B meaning February, etc.
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4. The order of month and day will depend on where the battery was
produced.
or MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY type:
Car Battery Date Code On Common Battery Brands
AC Delco batteries date code
#1. Four-character code
It will begin with either a P or an S, followed by four characters. The first
two show the month; the third digit indicates the year, and the last
character shows where the battery was made.
For example, the code P019R indicates 01- January, 9 - 2019, R- Plant
that produced the battery
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5. Interstate battery date codes
Find how to read Interstate Battery Date Code on
https://batteryglobe.com/how-to-read-car-battery-date-codes/
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