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I mean, I'd just love for US sites to stop assuming that ZIP codes need 5 numbers. It still happens way to much that an internationally shipping website form re
by izacus 4y ago
I mean, I'd just love for US sites to stop assuming that ZIP codes need 5 numbers. It still happens way to much that an internationally shipping website form refuses to accept my address just because it has a 4-number post code.
(Luckily the local post office tolerates adding a 9 in front and still delivers.)
- JJMcJ 4y agoNot to mention countries without post codes at all.
- greggyb 4y agoZIP codes do need five numbers, or nine with a hyphen between the first five and last four. If your address is not in the US, you do not have a ZIP code. A ZIP code is type of postal code. There are many more postal code varieties than ZIPs. Companies that ship internationally should not use validation rules for US addresses for non-US addresses.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> ZIP codes do need five numbers, or nine with a hyphen between the first five and last four. ZIP codes have actually been 11 digits for a while now, though you can obviously still use just 5 or 9 and the USPS will figure the rest out.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> I’d just love for US sites to stop assuming that ZIP codes need 5 numbers. I know. ZIP codes need 9 numbers. No, wait, that’s 11 for the last 31 years.