*Good grief.....I liked the previous post where they were sequential and had no meaning...now the headache begins trying to figure out what it all means...:-)
Too hard, time for a nap! Start the day off slow...then taper off..... sigh Gary * On 24 May 2012 10:23, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft <[email protected]>wrote: > Turns out there is a way to decode the confirmation number. W7CF > figured it out. See below. > > 73, > > Eric > --- > www.elecraft.com > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [KX3] Re: Shipping status page updated > Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:48:39 +0000 > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > For those who haven't noticed, the confirmation number does indeed > encode the date & time when the confirmation was issued. I plugged some > confirmation numbers into a excel worksheet and started to play with it. > Yeah, out of "desperation" while I wait for my KX3, I started to pattern > match... :-) > > The first 8 numbers encode the days & minutes of the confirmation, and > in good Unix tradition the "zero order time" is 1/1/1970 > > To convert, use the following formula (interesting how identical Excel > and googleDocs formulas are...): > =( VALUE(LEFT(B1,4))*10000 + VALUE(MID(B1,6,4)) ) / (60*24) + 25569 > > For the curious, 25569 is the number of days between 1/1/1970 and > 1/1/1900, the latter is the zero date for Excel. > Place confirmation numbers into a spreadsheet, e.g. into column B and > add the following formula to the next column C. Now format the column C > "Date time" and you'd get the readout below. > > A B C > factory: 2208-4637-9147 12/28/2011 13:17:00 > kits: 2208-4064-4730 12/28/2011 3:44:00 > > Confirmation numbers are from today's (5/22) status page update, column > C shows the actual order times calculated with above formula. > > 73, Dave W7CF > > > On 5/23/2012 4:54 PM, Dave Agsten wrote: > > I have not figured out the decoding process for the KX3 as they are > being posted on the Elecraft website. I ordered the KX3 on 12/28/11 at > 11:44AM EDT. I received the confirmation order number 2208-4844-0913. I > can't decode how that correlates to the numbers being posted on the website > other than a smaller number is earlier. > > > > > > KX3-F 2208-4685-4272 > > > > KX3-K 2208-4068-6852 > > > > I revised my order to go with the factory version on Jan. 18th, long > before any KX3s were shipped. I'm wondering how that factors in? The order > number remained the same but it was now for a KX3-F. > > > > Any cryptologists out there? :-) > > > > > > 73, > > Dave N8AG > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 KAT-500#?? Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
