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From: petrilli@geech.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli)
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Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number
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Date: 26 Feb 91 02:04:57 GMT
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Our esteemed Moderator writes:

> number, i.e. (311) 555-2368?  The correct way to write the number is
> with dashes and no parenthesis -- or dots if you prefer -- in this
> format: 311-555-2368, or 311.555.2368.  I think the use of parenthesis

I believe that the ISO says that the following format is the "correct"
one:

   +1 311 555 2368

the format is:

   +<country_code> <local format>

for the US it would be:

   +1 <area_code> <prefix> <extension>

I believe that the standard says that no hyphes nor periods should be
used as they sometimes have other purposes.

The coincidense of the US version being +1 is just that ... the US
country code is 1, so..

 
Chris Petrilli    Internet:  petrilli@fsf.ai.mit.edu
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