Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:59:58 -0700
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com
From: Mark Balzer <mbalzer@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Re: expiration dates

>  i was just wondering as to how you'll be able to read the expiration
>  date on a bag of qualatex balloons?  i thought i've had it until i
>  came across a bag just last week and it seems that the numbers i've
>  been reading all along does not make any sense.  where is it located
>  in the bag and what's the date format?  yymmdd?  mmddyy?  yyddmm?

It's supposed to be a manufacture date, not an expiration date... 
what beer drinkers in the US might call a "Born on date"... but 
evidently they're having Y2K issues :-)  :-)   Try these archived 
messages for an explanation:

http://www.balloonhq.com/twistmail/upto12Aug2000/archive.14678.html

http://www.balloonhq.com/twistmail/upto12Aug2000/archive.14745.html

http://www.balloonhq.com/twistmail/upto12Sep1999/archive.10420.html

I hope this helps,

Mark
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