# Car battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-battery/41054>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** windstar, ford\
**Created:** [December 20, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-battery/41054 "2009-12-20T21:23:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ejohnson1101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ejohnson1101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ejohnson1101)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-battery/41054/1 "2009-12-20T21:23:59Z")

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how do I tell how old my battery is with out finding a that service record or no date on the battery?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-battery/41054/2 "2009-12-20T21:29:44Z")

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Most batteries have a standard date code stamped on the top or along the top edge. Some thing like A6, C7 E5. The number is the year, the letter is the month. C7 = March 2007