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@ -219,3 +219,19 @@ surprising how many false assumptions programmers continue to make about them. |
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`1-555-123-4567`. This is technically incorrect. To call this number from |
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Japan, where the international call prefix is `010`, one may dial either `+1 |
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555 123 4567` or `010 1 555 123 4567`. |
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1. **Users will only store phone numbers in your product's phone number fields** |
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Some users use their contact lists to store things like birthdays or other |
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information. Unless a piece of user-supplied data has actually been verified |
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to be a phone number, it should be stored as-is as entered by the user. |
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1. **Phone numbering plans published by governments or telecoms represent |
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reality** |
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National numbering plans, such as those administered by the |
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[ITU](http://www.itu.int/oth/T0202.aspx?parent=T0202), represent the |
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intentions of the government or telecom. These may be published before, |
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during, or after the actual implementation of numbering plan changes in the |
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real world. The actual date on which a phone number range becomes active may |
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not always adhere to official announcements. |