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Re: [PATCH] localedata: i18napis: update LC_ADDRESS.country_post
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:45:18 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] localedata: i18napis: update LC_ADDRESS.country_post
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On 06/11/2016 01:07 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
de_DE: changing D to DE
I don't think this is correct, actual historic use within Europe at
least was âDâ (and similar car codes for other countries). Apparently,
this was in alignment with a CEPT recommendation.
The German incumbent (Deutsche Post) says that in 1999, country codes in
mail addresses were abolished:
ÂWas ist aus den LÃndercodes geworden?
Die Angabe der LÃnderkÃrzel vor der Postleitzahl bei der Adressangabe
auf Briefen und Paketen wurde offiziell am 1. September 1999 abgeschafft.
Aufgrund der automatisierten Anschriftenerkennung fÃhrte die Vielzahl
der weltweit unterschiedlich verwendeten LÃndercodes hÃufig zu Problemen
bei der Sortierung und damit zu VerzÃgerung und VerÃrgerung bei den
Kunden. Die Angabe des Bestimmungslandes unter der Ortsangabe ist
ausreichend.Â
âWhat happened to country codes?
Specifying country codes in front of the zip code in address on mail and
packages was officially abolished on September 1st, 1999.
Due to automated address recognition, the variety of different country
codes in world-wide use often led to sorting problems and thus to delays
and customer complaints. It is sufficient to write the destination
country below the city name.â
<https://www.deutschepost.de/de/b/briefe-ins-ausland/laenderkuerzel-laendercode.html>
The United States Postal Service requires:
âThe last line of the address must show only the country name, written
in full (no abbreviations) and in capital letters.â
<http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc1_008.htm>
I haven't found a more authoritative source for the change in practice.
The Universal Postal Union web site has some documents and says that
sometimes an ISO country code is used in front of the zip code, *but*
the only example I could find on the UPU site was Finland, and the
Finnish post does not corroborate this.
In any case, I think it is safe to say that LC_ADDRESS.country_post is
now obsolete.
Florian