Julian Date is a code representing the date a product was manufactured or packaged.
The Julian date format is CYYDDD, where:
- C is the century subtracted from 19, i.e. 1998’s century number is 19 = 19 -19 = 0, 2000 = 20 – 19 = 1
- YY is the year within the century
- DDD is the day in the year
For example, May 14th 2021 has a Julian date of 121134.
This coding system is used to track production dates for product recalls or any other issues that may arise. Julian Dates can be used to create batch codes for products in Nutritics.
TO ADD A BATCH CODE TO A PRODUCT LABEL:
- Open a label and enable the ‘Dates’ element
- Set the date the product was produced using the Preparation Date
Pro Tip: Tick ‘Automatically update on print’ to update the Julian date automatically when labels are printed.
- Enable the ‘Traceability’ element and tick Auto-calculate batch code from the Julian date. A batch code will be added to the label workspace.
