French typography: numerical expressions

Present the time of day and dates as follows:

  • 23 décembre 1995 or 1995-12-23
  • Heures de travail : de 9 h à 17 h 30
  • l’année financière 1995-1996 (not 1995-96)

Use the comma as the decimal marker in French texts and place the dollar sign after the numerals:

  • 2,3 millions de dollars or 2 300 000 $

Note the space between the numerals and the dollar sign.

See also numbers: decimal fractions and numbers: clarity

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