SCOA DATE CODE DECIPHERING 1950-1999

This mainly applies to  Ford Motor Company vehicles.  Thanks to Bob Goodson and friends for the research and sharing.

The Date Code, not part of or to be confused with a Service Part Number or "Casting Number", is arranged in a ymd or ymdd fashion. Deciphering the year and day is straightforward but deciphering the month can be confusing.

A letter corresponds with a month so A = January, B = February, C = March and so on. Now comes the confusing part...

The researcher - Bob Goodson, adds, "Count the numeric position of the letter J (10) and it's corresponding month (October). So J = October, right? Not exactly; J = September. Why? FoMoCo does not use I or O in Date Codes. The reason for that is so I will not be confused with 1 and O will not be confused with 0."

Year

0 = 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990
1 = 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991
2 = 1952, 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992
3 = 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993
4 = 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994
5 = 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995
6 = 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996
7 = 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997
8 = 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988, 1998
9 = 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999

Month (First year of model year and Second year of model year)

A = January
B = February
C = March
D = April
E = May
F = June
G = July
H = August
J = Septemper
K = October
L = November
M = December

N = January
P = February
Q = March
R = April
S = May
T = June
U = July
V = August
W = September
X = October
Y = November
Z = December

Day

1 or 01 = 1st day of month
2 or 02 = 2nd day of month
3 or 03 = 3rd day of month
Etc.