Your Levi's Have a Birthday: How to Read the Care Tag Date Code
Sam Wingenbach, California Vintage Buyers. November 6, 2026. 23 sec.
The small care tag inside a pair of Levi's carries a date code, and on tags from 1993 on it reads month, then year, so the 1000 on this pair means October 2000. No care tag at all means the pair was made before 1971. Text a photo of the tag to (949) 449-1255 for a free answer the same day. House calls across Southern California, buying nationwide.
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This Short has no spoken words, only music and on-screen text. What it shows: The small care tag inside a pair of Levi's carries a date code, and on tags from 1993 on it reads month, then year, so the 1000 on this pair means October 2000. No care tag at all means the pair was made before 1971. Text a photo of the tag to (949) 449-1255 for a free answer the same day. House calls across Southern California, buying nationwide.
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