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Why all the need for specifying a state/timezone/country code/Phone codes?

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Why all the need for specifying a state/timezone/country code/Phone codes?

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• Simply put this helps in locating your tiny advert and profile in the haystack of the web. With the advent of GIGO the more inaccuracies there are in your profile or advert. • Wherever possible a pull down list will be used. Where possible the lists would be restricted to relevant areas – For example there is not state of “New York” in the UK and the UK does not have time zones commonly associated with the United States. • Likewise some counties don’t have states but regions. Please avoid ‘Unknown’ as there are regions such as: EMEA – Europe, Middle East and Africa. FE/Pacific – The far East + Pacific as well as territories such as: NSW – New South Wales EC – The EU Community. • Free form text where you describe your district your are relating this to someone who knows your city. So post codes or metro lines are of use. • The telephone area code is used to group adverts and find people in that same area. It is a safe bet that someone in New York City (Queens), NY with an area dial co

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