Numbers & punctuation

Numbers

Thousands separator

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

A full stop is always used as the thousands separator.

  • 10.000.000
  • 10.123

FR

A full stop is always used as the thousands separator.

  • 10.000.000
  • 10.123

EN

A comma is always used as the thousands separator.

  • 10,000,000
  • 10,123

Decimal point

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

A comma is always used as the decimal separator.

10.123,4

FR

A comma is always used as the decimal separator.

10.123,4

EN

A full stop is always used as the decimal separator.

10,123.4

Punctuation

LANGUAGE

RULE

NL

Do not leave a space after punctuation marks.

FR

  • There is no space before the punctuation marks , and .
  • There is always a space before the punctuation marks : and ; and ! and ?

EN

Do not leave a space after punctuation marks.

Currency symbols

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

There is a space between a currency symbol and the corresponding number. The symbol represents the number.

  • € 30
  • $ 20

FR

There is a space between a currency symbol and the corresponding number. The symbol represents the number.

  • € 30
  • $ 20

EN

There is a space between a currency symbol and the corresponding number. The symbol represents the number.

  • € 30
  • $ 20

Percentage signs

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

There is always a space before the percentage sign.

32 %

FR

There is always a space before the percentage sign.

32 %

EN

There is always a space before the percentage sign.

32 %

Date

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

Short: DD/MM/YYYY
Long : day month year

Short: 01/04/2020

Long: 1 april 2020

FR

Short: DD/MM/YYYY
Long : le day month year

Short: 01/04/2020
Long: le 1 avril 2020

EN

Short: YYYY/MM/DD
Long: day Month year

Short : 2020/04/01
Long: 1 April 2020

Hour

LANGUAGE

RULE

EXAMPLE

NL

UUuMM

13u50

FR

UU h MM

13 h 50

EN

UU:MM

13:50