Formatting

Numbers

For norwegian and swedish users, we use a space as a thousands separator and a comma as a decimal separator.

• 1 337
• 1 337,80

For english users, we use a comma as a thousands separator and a period as a decimal separator.

• 1,337
• 1,337.80

Dates

Our preferred date format depends on the current locale.

• For Norwegian users, we use the norwegian format 30.01.2000.
• For Swedish users, we use ISO 8601 2000-01-30.
• For all other users, we use the british format 30/01/2000.

JavaScript examples

Numbers

We can use Intl.NumberFormat to format numbers:

new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337); // 1 337
new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337); // 1,337
new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337); // 1 337
new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337); // 1,337

If you want to force a set number of decimal places, you can use the minimumFractionDigits and maximumFractionDigits options:

//nb-NO
new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2,
}); // 1 337,80

new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 0,
  maximumFractionDigits: 0,
}); // 1 338

//en-US
new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2,
}); // 1,337.80

new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 0,
  maximumFractionDigits: 0,
}); // 1,338
//nb-NO
new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2,
}); // 1 337,80

new Intl.NumberFormat("nb-NO").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 0,
  maximumFractionDigits: 0,
}); // 1 338

//en-US
new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2,
}); // 1,337.80

new Intl.NumberFormat("en-US").format(1337.8, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 0,
  maximumFractionDigits: 0,
}); // 1,338

Dates

Please note that we use en-GB since the vast majority of our "english" users are european.

new Intl.DateTimeFormat("nb-NO", {
  day: "2-digit",
  month: "2-digit",
  year: "numeric",
}).format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 30.01.2000

new Intl.DateTimeFormat("sv-SE").format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 2000-01-30

new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB").format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 30/01/2000
new Intl.DateTimeFormat("nb-NO", {
  day: "2-digit",
  month: "2-digit",
  year: "numeric",
}).format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 30.01.2000

new Intl.DateTimeFormat("sv-SE").format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 2000-01-30

new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB").format(new Date("2000-01-30")); // 30/01/2000