666 Barcode. Snopes. The Beast Man.

As you would expect.

Snopes.

The first Fact Checker before Misinformation and Disinformation or AAP Fact checker was a internet thing.

As it says on the Snopes Page.

Published December 31st 1998.
New Years Eve.

(Already into the New Years Day of 1999 for world time Zones)

Every Product is assigned a unique thirteen - digit number. 13.
They call it the EAN-13.
Contrary to popular myth, all bar codes don't include the number 666.

Says the Snopes page.

Judges chapter 4 (215)
+ 13 Mentions of Barak
= Judges chapter 5 (216)

3rd August 1961 (World Time Zones.)
4th August 1961. The Beast Mans birth date.

+ 13,666 Days

= New Years Eve 31st Dec 1998.
Snopes 666 Barcode published.
including: NYD 1999. 1.1.1999.

Knowing 2009. Is the best course of action.