the 08 is the year, the 12 is the month, I tested on october 8 2007, my cert # is
0711XXX1
where 07= year,
11= month following exam,
XXX is random(mine happens to be 047 I think)
and 1 is for CWI status
I started checking 0710 as the year and month I tested, and thought I failed, until someone told me the month following the exam is the month the cert starts. (not sure how they would handle a 30th day of the month exam though)
Regards, Carl
Edit, The numbers I use are for cheking the CWI quik check, the expiration would be 3 years later!