nope.....
the first was mint green with a striped bag ( i call it the Cosby Decade, it was on the Cosby show), this is a slate green model. the date should be the first 4 numbers of the serial number, the first two being the month and the last two the year. so if the numbers are 0789 then the date would be, the 7th month (June) of 1989. but also keep in mind they have to make sense, and Hoovers that were made before 1987 do not have serial number dates...