#postalcodes — Public Fediverse posts
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Had to remind some folks today that making postal codes mandatory is not optimal.
They come in flavours of 3-10 numeric characters (which you can't treat as numbers) or 6-8 alphanumeric strings. And some countries/territories just don't use them at all.
Like people's names, best not to even try.
Image by Stadscykel - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15948580
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@xssfox I found some more info on Australian postal codes, including an interactive map!