My new NCT cert already out of date

amandstu

I had a test last Wednesday and the car passed.

They gave me a certificate which is already 3 months out of date.

Clearly I was very late in putting it through

What do I do now ?Book another test immediately?

They said nothing to me at the centre and I just assumed the car was in order as it had just passed.

keithb93

Start with a phone call to the nct centre.

Buffman

Get back down to the centre and get them to give you the correct cert. What does the website say your expiry date is now?

L1011

An error has occurred here, to back to the centre. You are not required to do two tests if you miss a full testing cycle.

hoodie6029

What’s the expiry date when you put your reg in to this page?

http://nct.ie/1263

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119949675#Comment_119949675

Thanks for that (I did have it mind to attempt to apply online for a new test to see what the site would say)

Anyway,that url does say that the NCT is valid and it does also give an expiry date - as 23rd August 2023.

When I read the disk that I put on the windscreen it read 23-08-22(with the first two numbers written a bit smaller than the last 4)

So I misunderstood that to mean the 23rd of August 2022.

I also double checked on the actual certificate and ,although it did read there 23-08-2023 I simply misread it as 23-08 2022.

What must have confused me (or added to my confusion)was obviously the coincidence that the date of the month was 23 and the year was also 2023.

Anyway I have got another 9 months before I need to get the car tested again.

Thanks for everyone's attention and help.

I will be heading down to the neurosurgeon's pronto ;-)

hoodie6029

It’s easily done 😀 we see so many different date formats everyday across apps and websites I find myself double checking them regularly

Oops!

The website is right, the sheet is wrong. Just go back to the test center explain the suitation and it will be put right.

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119957636#Comment_119957636

Oops,Oops! .....if you read the immediately preceding posts you will see that the situation has been resolved .

;-)

Oops!

Oops! is right!

cml387

This is exactly why in our documentation (medtech) we have a rule of 2-3-4 regarding dates: 01-SEP-2022

Spook_ie

Bloody foreigners coming over here and messing with our date formats!