It represents the number of days elapsed since the beginning of the calendar year. For example, a Julian date of 031 represents January 31st and a Julian date of 365 represents December 31st. ​The Julian date usually represents the date the product was manufactured or packaged.

How do you read Julian expiration dates?

The first number of the Julian Date represents the year. The last three numbers represent the day that it was manufactured. So for example, if the manufacture date was listed as 1067 that would mean that the MRE was manufactured on March 7, 2011.

What is todays Modified Julian Date?

The MJD therefore gives the number of days since midnight on November 17, 1858. This date corresponds to 2400000.5 days after day 0 of the Julian calendar. MJD is still in common usage in tabulations by the U. S. Naval Observatory .Modified Julian Date.MonthJanuary19975 044819985 081319995 117820005 154311 more columns

What is 3 digit Julian date?

The last 3 digits refer to the day of packaging, counting up from January 1 as 001. They represent the consecutive days of the year.