German Orthography language codes

[Torsten Bronger]

On Mittwoch,  6. Februar 2002 21:40 schrieben Sie:
> Some comments:
>
> At 21:17 02/02/06 +0100, J.Wilkes wrote:
> >On 6 Feb 02, at 20:37, Torsten Bronger wrote:
> > > I propose the language tag "de-DE-1996" for contents written in Ger=
man
> > > and using the new orthography introduced in Germany in 1996.
>
> Whenever I heard of the project, it was always associated with
> 1998, not with 1996. How did you get to 1996?

Your're right, not until 1998 the reform was generally enforced.

However, in 1996 the concerning treaty was signed by Germany, Austria,=20
Switzerland and other countries with German population, and some federal=20
states of Germany taught it at schools already in 1996. That was the=20
origin of by suggestion.

Bye,
Torsten.

P.S.: That's the first time I actually *write* to a mailing list.
I hope my posting is put in the thread correctly ...