European currency display format

samstephens · 10-15-2009, 10:00 PM

Hi all,

Am I right in saying that the majority of Europe uses the decimal place to seperate Euro's and cents (is "cents" correct?)?

So: €10.99 is ten Euros and 99 cents

...but those countrys that DO use a comma to sepeate:

So: €10,99 is ten Euros and 99 cents

...will still recognise the decimal place for what it is?

Is that right?

cheers
Sam

Martin Luxton · 10-15-2009, 10:45 PM

Sam,

They might still be confused

In Turkey

10,00€ is ten euro and 99 cents (euro sign after the amount)

When they see

€10.00 they sometimes think a zero is missing (10.000 = ten thousand)

American date formats also confuse them.

Found this thread

Currency problem using comma as decimal point (shop in europe) - Zen Cart Support

Martin

P.S. Officially the plural of "euro" is "euro".

samstephens · 10-15-2009, 10:49 PM

Thanks Martin!

I guess it'll probably be safer just to leave the cents off the end anyway.

And thanks for the correction on plural "Euro"!

cheers
Sam

windfinder · 10-15-2009, 11:07 PM

In Sweden both . and , would be considered decimal separators but the official is comma. We use space to separate thousands.
An amount in euro would be €1 234,56 and in Swedish currency (SEK): 1 234,45 kr

samstephens · 10-15-2009, 11:39 PM

Thanks Windfinder, much appreciated!

cheers
Sam

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samstephens DLGuard.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Central Coast, Australia Posts: 6,210 Thanks: 70 Thanked 263 Times in 118 Posts Social Networking	Re: European currency display format - is this right? Thanks Martin! I guess it'll probably be safer just to leave the cents off the end anyway. And thanks for the correction on plural "Euro"! cheers Sam
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windfinder Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 55 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: European currency display format - is this right? In Sweden both . and , would be considered decimal separators but the official is comma. We use space to separate thousands. An amount in euro would be €1 234,56 and in Swedish currency (SEK): 1 234,45 kr

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samstephens DLGuard.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Central Coast, Australia Posts: 6,210 Thanks: 70 Thanked 263 Times in 118 Posts Social Networking	Re: European currency display format - is this right? Thanks Windfinder, much appreciated! cheers Sam
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