The date code is not a production date, necessarily, but the date of that particular design revision (presumably when it was released to manufacturing). It sets a lower bound, but your unit could potentially be several years newer. You can get a better idea by looking for the latest date code on various ICs and capacitors.
-- john, KE5FX > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on > Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:33 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Date codes on hp 5071a? > > > aceamuseme...@mchsi.com wrote: > > > > Hi,I was wondering by chance if someone familiar with hp date > coding could tell me the date of manuf. of this 5071a > > > > 3608A01190 > > > > Thanks, > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > Manufactured in USA during 8th week of 1996 > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.