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Hoffman Specialty
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Date Code Information
Data Code Info
Date Code Information
Hoffman Specialty products manufactured after 1972
feature a stamped date code, so you can easily check
the life expectancy and recommended replacement
intervals. If a product has no date stamp or does
not have the Bell & Gossett logo on it – consider
replacing it.
Below are guides to help you translate the date code on
Hoffman Specialty products.
Year
97 = 1979
08 = 1980
18 = 1981
28 = 1982
38 = 1983
48 = 1984
58 = 1985
68 = 1986
78 = 1987
88 = 1988
98 = 1989
09 = 1990
19 = 1991
29 = 1992
39 = 1993
49 = 1994
59 = 1995
96 = 1996
97 = 1997
98 = 1998
99 = 1999
00 = 2000
01 = 2001
02 = 2002
03 = 2003
04 = 2004
05 = 2005
06 = 2006
07 = 2007
08 = 2008
09 = 2009
01 = 2010
11 = 2011
21 = 2012
31 = 2013
41 = 2014
51 = 2015
61 = 2016
71 = 2017
81 = 2018
91 = 2019
02 = 2020
Month
A=January
B=February
C=March
D=April
E=May
F=June
G = July
H = August
J=September
K = October
L = November
M = December
Product Date Code Translation
Example
K09
Translates to
October 1990
K11
Translates to
October 2011
Beginning 2009
month designator
proceeds year
and year
designator is
again reversed.
Between
1996 and 2008
month designer
proceeded year
and year
designator
was not reversed.
96K
Translates to
October 1996