This page is dedicated to various tools designed to help keep yoshon. It will be expanded as time goes by.
To learn more about how to use the tools below, see the page How to Calculate Date Codes.
Index
Current Grain Cutoff Dates
See individual cereals and flours for more specific dates, as companies like General Mills and Post have their own mills and their cutoff dates may differ. The following cutoff dates can be used for general items:
- Fresh Baked Goods: SEP 1, 2023
- Wheat Flour: AUG 20, 2023
- Oat Products: SEP 1, 2023
- Barley Products: SEP 15, 2023
- Most Wheat Products: SEP 1, 2023
- Pasta and Noodles: SEP 1, 2023
- Beer: DEC 15, 2023
- Soy Sauce with Wheat: FEB 1, 2024
- Malt or Barley Malt: MAR 15, 2024
A complete sheet of the current General Grain Chodosh Cutoff Dates can be downloaded from the Updates & Downloads Page.
Regular Year Julian Date Chart
Click on the Calendar to download a pdf version.
Leap Year Julian Date Chart
Click on the Calendar to download a pdf version.
Date Calculators
Click Here to Go to the Add/Subtract Date Calculator Tool.
This tool helps to calculate shelf life times, which is the amount of time between a manufacturing date and a best by date.
Note: When you first get to the page it shows “An Error has Occurred”. This goes away once a date and amount of time have been entered in. Simply fill in the fields, choose Add or Subtract, then click “Calculate New Date”, and it gives you the date.
Click Here to Go to the Julian Date Calculator Tool.
This tool helps to convert a 3-digit Julian manufacturing date to a regular Gregorian Date to determine when a product was made. Although companies can put either a 1 or 2 digit year (YY) before or after the 3 digit Julian date, this converter uses a YY before the Julian date, so be sure to enter a 2 digit year first. It should be entered in the box like this: YYDDD without any spaces. Click “Convert” and it will display the Gregorian Date of when your product was made.
Click Here to Go to the Ezekiel Lot Code Calculator Tool.
This tool converts Ezekiel lot codes found on their products to a regular Gregorian Date to determine when the product was made. Scroll down the page to the bottom, enter the first 5 characters of the code on the product or its Quik Lock tag, and hit the “Calculate” button.