Administrative information for this specification
Country:
FinlandTwo letter code:
FILanguage:
FinnishNatural language code:
fiCharacter set used for representing cultural data in this specification:
ISO/IEC 8859-1
Organisation:Clause 1: Alphanumeric deterministic ordering
TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development CentreAddress:
Salomonkatu 17 A
10th floor
FIN - 00100 HELSINKI
FINLANDResponsible person:
Erkki I. KolehmainenContact person for cultural data:
Pauli KurjonenE-mail of the contact person:
pauli.kurjonen@tieke.fiPhone number:
+358 9 4763 0400Fax number:
+358 9 4763 0399Source:
National Committee (balloted version)Date of the data provision:
1999-01-25Version number of the application:
1.0
Ordering of characters:Clause 2: Classification of characters
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, s-caron, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, z-caron, å ,ä, öShort description of the ordering rules:
Capital and small letters are equal. Other accented characters are ordered as if the diacritical marks were non-existent
In certain instances, familiar foreign characters are ordered according to the equivalent character in Finnish (e.g. ü=y )Source
National Committee
Upper and lower cases exist for all Finnish letters.Clause 3: Numeric formatting
a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä and ö are vowels, the rest characters are consonants
COMMA <,> for decimal separator, NO--BREAK SPACE < > for thousands separator (although FULLSTOP <.> may be used for monetary values)Clause 4: Monetary formatting
Monetary formatting - name of the currency:Clause 5: Date and time conventions
markkaa, EURInternational currency code:
FIM, EURPositive International numeric format:
FIM 654,30, EUR 654,30Negative International numeric format:
FIM -654,30, EUR -654,30Domestic Currency symbol:
mk, €Positive Domestic numeric format:
654,30 mk, 654,30 €Negative Domestic numeric format
-654,30 mk, -654,30 €Thousand and decimal separator:
22.225.744,30 mk, 22.225.744,30 €
Weekdays:Clause 6: Affirmative and negative answersEnglish name Natural language name Short
Weekday name
Sunday sunnuntai su
Monday maanantai ma
Tuesday tiistai ti
Wednesday keskiviikko ke
Thursday torstai to
Friday perjantai pe
Saturday lauantai laMonth names:
English name Natural language name Short
Month name
January tammikuu 1.
February helmikuu 2.
March maaliskuu 3.
April huhtikuu 4.
May toukokuu 5.
June kesäkuu 6.
July heinäkuu 7.
August elokuu 8.
September syyskuu 9.
October lokakuu 10.
November marraskuu 11.
December joulukuu 12.Date in numeric format:
25.1.1999 in text, optionally (outside text) 1999-01-25Time before noon:
6.05 in text, optionally (outside text) 6:05Time after noon:
16.05 in text, optionally (outside text) 16:05Date in non numeric format:
25. tammikuuta 1999Time before noon:
?Time after noon:
?
Affirmative expressionClause 9: Character set considerations
Kyllä or KNegative expression
Ei or E
Alphabet:Clause 12: Character properties
aA, bB, cC, dD, eE, fF, gG, hH, iI, jJ, kK, lL, mM, nN, oO, pP, qQ, rR, sS, s-caron, S-caron, tT, uU, vV, wW, xX, yY, zZ, z-caron, Z-caron, åÅ, äÄ, öÖForeign letters or characters that are allowed by the language orthography:
cC, qQ, s-caron, S-caron, wW, xX, zZ, z-caron, Z-caronCoded character sets used in the country:
SFS ISO/IEC 8859-15 (first priority), ISO/IEC 8859-1, MS 1252, CP 850 (858), (ISO/IEC 10646-1)Characters missing in the code sets:
s-caron, z-caron from some, e.g. ISO/IEC 8859-1
Vocals: a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä, ö, rest consonantsClause 13: Use of special characters
The following quotation marks are used in both the beginning and the end of the quotation:Clause 16: Personal name rules
quotation mark
right single quotation mark
right-pointing double angle quotation mark
N/AClause 17: Inflection
Highly characteristic.Clause 31: Paper formats
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