Editing Cherry date codes

A Cherry keyboard's '''date code''' tells the date when the keyboard had been assembled.
Individual parts of the keyboard could have been manufactured months before final assembly.

== Format ==
There are two types of date codes:
* A letter indicating the year (see table below) and two digits indication the production week.
* Six digits followed by a letter. The first three digits tell the day of the year, the last digits tell the year after 2000. The letter tells which shift it was ('A', 'B' or 'C').<ref>Cherry Corp. web site. [http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/faqs/index.htm#_How_can_I_1 FAQ] - ''How can I tell if my Cherry SPOS, LPOS, or MPOS keyboard is still under warranty?'' Retrieved on 28:th June 2012.</ref>

== Where to find ==
It is found as the last part of the keyboard's serial number on the label on the keyboard's underside. This is often printed right under the keyboard's [[Cherry product codes|article number]].
There may or may not be a space between the main part of the serial number and the date code.

It can also often be found on the keyboard's box on a separate sticker that also carries the article number.


== Date codes ==
A date code consists of a letter in [A-Z] (see table below) indicating the production year and 2 digits indicating the production week.
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{|class="wikitable"
|code ||year|| &nbsp; &nbsp; ||code ||year|| &nbsp; &nbsp; ||code ||year|| &nbsp; &nbsp; ||code ||year|| &nbsp; &nbsp; ||code ||year|| &nbsp; &nbsp; ||code ||year
|-
|A||1988|| ||G||1994|| ||M||2000|| ||S||2006|| ||Y||2012|| ||E||2018
|-
|B||1989|| ||H||1995|| ||N||2001|| ||T||2007|| ||Z||2013|| ||F||2019
|-
|C||1990|| ||I||1996|| ||O||2002|| ||U||2008|| ||A||2014<ref>Photo by user shreebles in a [http://deskthority.net/post204739.html#p204739 DT forum thread] - Retrieved on January 21, 2015.</ref>|| ||G||2020
|-
|D||1991|| ||J||1997|| ||P||2003|| ||V||2009|| ||B||2015|| ||H||2021
|-
|E||1992|| ||K||1998|| ||Q||2004|| ||W||2010|| ||C||2016|| ||I||2022
|-
|F||1993|| ||L||1999|| ||R||2005|| ||X||2011|| ||D||2017|| ||J||2023
|-
|}
{{-}}

==External references==
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==See also==
* [[Cherry article numbers]]

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