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Posted to issues@openoffice.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2018/08/30 19:17:50 UTC

[Issue 30568] South African locale number format uses comma instead of period for decimal point

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=30568

Gert van den Berg <ap...@mohag.net> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Gert van den Berg <ap...@mohag.net> ---
The official decimal separator for South Africa is a comma, however due to
Windows having incorrect defaults until Windows 7, decimal points are in common
use.

A comma should NEVER be used as a thousands separator in South Africa.

This post links to several official sources.
https://sadev.co.za/content/how-correctly-format-currency-south-africa (THere
is a SANS standard as well, can't quickly find the number)

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