Re: Where to Add new Currency Sign?

From: addison@globalsight.com
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 15:20:12 EST


That's what I get for not looking up the reference and doing it by
memory... the reference to which is ISO 4217, btw...

AP ;-}

                                                                                                                    
                    Misha Wolf
                    <misha.wolf@re To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
                    uters.com> cc:
                                          Subject: Re: Where to Add new Currency Sign?
                    20-12-99 11:52
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    

Addison P. Phillips wrote:

[...]

> Also, for cross-locale (Enterprise) systems, it is becoming more common
to
> use the ISO three letter acronym for the currency (so that that same
format
> can be used in reports) like this:
>
> 1,000.00 USD -- US dollar
> 1,000.00 FFR -- French Franc
> 1,000.00 DDM -- Deutsch Mark
> 1,000.00 EUR -- Euro

You meant:

  1,000.00 USD -- US dollar
  1,000.00 FRF -- French Franc
  1,000.00 DEM -- Deutsche Mark
  1,000.00 EUR -- Euro

[I've changed "FFR" TO "FRF" and "DDM" TO "DEM"]

Regards,
Misha

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