Date Codes!

Not happy with what is on the Net for Zippo Date Codes, I compiled all the date codes I could get my hands on.

This will be the most comprehensive collection of date codes on the internet.

Enjoy. 

What do those Letters, Dots, Slashes and Roman Numbers mean?

The Letters represent the Month.

A - January

B - February

C - March

D - April

E - May

F - June

G - July

H - August

I - September

L - October

K - November

L - December

Zippo First used Dots to represent the year.

. . . .  Zippo  . . . .  - 1958

. . . .  Zippo  . . .  - 1959

. . .  Zippo  . . .  - 1960

. . .  Zippo  . .  - 1961

. .  Zippo  . .  - 1962

. .  Zippo  .  - 1963

.  Zippo  .  - 1964

.  Zippo  - 1965

Then Zippo changed to a Vertical Dash.

 | | | | Zippo | | | | - 1966

| | | | Zippo | | | - 1967

| | | Zippo | | | - 1968

| | | Zippo | | - 1969

| | Zippo | | - 1970

| | Zippo | - 1971

| Zippo | - 1972

| Zippo  - 1973

Then they changed to Back Slash.

/ / / / Zippo / / / / - 1974

/ / / / Zippo / / / - 1975

/ / / Zippo / / / - 1976

/ / / Zippo / / - 1977

/ / Zippo / / - 1978

/ / Zippo / - 1979

/ Zippo / - 1980

/ Zippo  - 1981

Then a Forward Slash.

\ \ \ \ Zippo \ \ \ \ - 1982

\ \ \ \ Zippo \ \ \ - 1983

\ \ \ Zippo \ \ \ - 1984

\ \ \ Zippo \ \ - 1985

\ \ Zippo \ \ - 1986

The Roman Numbers represent the year.

Zippo used this dating code between 1986-2000

I - 1985

II - 1986

III - 1987

IV - 1988

V - 1989

VI - 1990

VII - 1991

VIII - 1992

IX - 1993

X - 1994

XI - 1995

XII - 1996

XIII - 1997

XIV - 1998

XV - 1999

XVI - 2000

Starting In 2000, Zippo started putting the year on the bottom of their Zippo.

Which makes it much easier to date.

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