Stupid Question? Maybe ..., Why can't i extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number? Options

[SirAndy]

Why can't i extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

For example, on my car, the sticker on the door jamb is long gone. But shouldn't i be able to extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number?

CN: #3329543

According to the CN decoder, that means my car was build in Week 33, Day 2 of 1970.

Hence, the Date Code should be 08/70 ...

Yes?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy

[JeffBowlsby]

Your 'date code sticker' is what I call the safety compliance label. The wording on the label attests to that vehicles satisfying Federal safety standards...on that date, or at least during that month and year. So that label is only for USA market cars...not ROW cars, if you don't count a label in the same place on Japanese market cars.

Another aside, I have a couple of COAs on the website that indicate a completion date or 'birthdate', which if compard to the chassis number for that same vehicle indicates a start to finish production time of only a couple days. They were cranking them out as fast as they could make them.