ISO rules in ISO 3601-1 allow for the re-assignment of 2-alpha codes, ten years after a previously assigned code was withdrawn. regards - Jake -----Original Message----- From: Clive D.W. Feather [mailto:clive@demon.net] Sent: June 15, 2004 7:36 AM To: jcowan@reutershealth.com Cc: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Time Zone Localizations jcowan@reutershealth.com said:
uses the UN geographic codes whenever ISO duplicates a code, since unlike the ISO codes, the UN codes are stable.
They are not stable in the sense of never changing. They are stable in the sense of never being reassigned, unlike both the 2-alphas and the 3-alphas.
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