Subject: Re: (i18n.367) data from ISO CDs 14651 and 14652 available

From: [email-masked] (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 16:08:26 +0200

Tom Garland SMI European Software Centre writes:

> Hi Keld,
> the euro is due for introduction in Europe on Jan 1st 1999. There will be a 
> period of overlap with existing currencies until the complete switch over to the 
> euro. The current POSIX locale model doesn't support two currencies for a single 
> locale. Is there anything being done about this? If not, any advice on how one 
> should go about supporting two currencies for one locale?

Yes, we are looking at it in CEN/TC304 and also in WG20.
Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.

My ideas is that this be recorded in the locale, so you may
have one or two (or maybe more currencies) Also good if
you are in a store in a border town, where you want
to write your prices in two currencies.

There then should be an API that dependent on the locale
would write one or two amounts. There would also need to be
a conversion rate in the locale. 

keld