Message-ID: <0005ftxdfpfn.0001dlrfnvdb@idrc.ca> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 09:14:33 EDT From: Ronald Archer <mailto:RArcher@IDRC.CA> Subject: Re: NATO Country Codes To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I assume your Patron (or at least NATO) is using a corrupted version of the International Standards Organization (ISO) two letter country code. I say corrupted because some of your codes do not fit the standard:BE- Belgium CA- Canada DA- (probably Denmark but should be DK) FR- France GE- (not listed -- unless it is supposed to be Germany which is DD or DE by the code) GR- Greece IT- Italy LU- Luxembourg NL- Netherlands NO- Norway PO- (could be Portugal(PT) or Poland(PL) SP- (could be Spain (ES) TU- (could be Turkey (TR) UK- (could be United Kingdom(GB) US- United States
Just goes to prove that International Institutuions should stick to the accepted international standards!!! But then the US still has not switched to Metric--so what can one say???