Service Functions, Add Production Date

2001 BMW 330Ci Convertible (E46) L6-3.0L (M54)SECTION Service Functions, Add Production Date



Help for subsequently entering the production date

Note on subsequently entering the production date
Input format of production date DDMMYY
- The production day DD must always be entered in two-digit format (e.g. 02 = 2nd day of month)
- The production month MM must always be entered in two-digit format (e.g. 06 = June)
- The production year YY must always be entered in two-digit format (e.g. 98 for 1998 or 00 for 2000)

Other examples
- Production date 12th January 1998 => Input: 120198
- Production date 5th February 2000 => Input: 050200
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