Sam Bat manufacturing code database

[Birdbats]

I had bats that were dated "26-5-03." Obviously, some European and other foreign countries put the day before the month. The reason I brought this up was that a bat labeled "4-5-03" might mean 5/4/2003 or 4/5/2003 depending on how it is interprested.

Chris, you're absolutely right. They did mark bats both ways. By populating a database, we should be able to figure out whether a bat is April 5 or May 4 by the code (at least I'm hoping).

Also, are you planning on putting the database on your site? Maybe you could not the source of the bat to give collectors a chance to compare and inquiry about specific labeling.

I have put it on my site and will keep track of it there. Here's a link:
http://webpages.charter.net/birdbats...20Database.htm

Privately, I'm also keeping track of everything in an Excel spreadsheet. I'm including source info for my own benefit; I'm not going to publish those sources online because some people would prefer to remain anonymous.