PatrickS3 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I just bought a Wheat beer kit and the bottom of the can shows 10/11/11, but I'm unsure whether that means November 10, 2011 October 11, 2011 November 11, 2010 ??? I.e. is the can just past its best-before date, or still have 9-10 months? (and why can't manufacturers use ISO standard dates once and for all for products they know are going to be distributed worldwide, to avoid this kind of confusion?!! E.g. 2010-11-11 would be crystal clear...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kearnage Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Assuming it's a Coopers kit... Day/Month/Year. You're fine! Is it only America who do the date thing differently, or are there other places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS3 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Thanks for the clarification. Yes, it is a Coopers kit, so looks like I'm good. And I'm in Finland, not America. But I don't know what the Australian system is, nor should I have to, if they would just use ISO standard dating -- the whole point of which is to provide a consistent and unambiguous date representation so folks don't have to wonder "what variant system do those folks use...?" Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kearnage Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I didn't mean to suggest you were American, sorry [happy] I was just wondering if there are any other countries that vary from the standard day/month/year format? Edit: Of course it's all on Wikipedia. Left guessing what the 'few other countries' are though! "Middle endian forms, starting with the month This sequence is used primarily in the United States, Canada, and a few other countries." Wikipedia date formats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 G'day Patrick, the packaging code, on the base of the malt extract cans, should represent the day, year and time packaged plus the product description. Would you mind posting the code exactly as it is repsented on the can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS3 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 09:36 BEST BEFORE 10/11/11 WHEAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty A Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Brew away. I would have that one on. I am sure that it will taste great once it's brewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Oops! Missed the bit where you said "beer kit" and assumed you were talking about wheat malt extract. [pinched] Yes, we put two years on our Beer Kits. So it was produced on the 10th of November 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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