Phillips, Addison <addison at amazon.com> wrote:
Although I think subtags like "1958hpin" (or is it "hpin1958"???) are particularly ugly, they do solve the uniqueness problem pretty well.
If the main purpose of the year is to make otherwise-identical subtags unique, they are a total hack.
Year numbers should identify a year that is recognizably relevant to the language variation. If users will not understand the significance of the year, using it is no better than slamming one's fist onto the keyboard and using those 5 to 8 letters, as Níall Tracey suggested on ietf-languages.
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