Currency

This page is a work in progress and still a draft

Overview

1. General notes

Our source language is EN-US (US English)
Remember to hand off designs to the Localization team
- Confluence Localization Operations Team / Slack #prj-translations

2. Engineering notes

Use the Intl browser API for localization. This will automatically localize currency into the correct format
Where manually-created content needs to be formatted correctly in the code, use the relevant guidelines shown in this documentation
Below is an example of using the Intl API:

Currency Data

<ul>
  <li>
    Wilkommen! Your order comes to{' '}
    {new Intl.NumberFormat('de-DE', {
      style: 'currency',
      currency: 'EUR',
    }).format(4.56)}
  </li>
</ul>

<ul>
  <li>
    Wilkommen! Your order comes to{' '}
    {new Intl.NumberFormat('de-DE', {
      style: 'currency',
      currency: 'EUR',
    }).format(4.56)}
  </li>
</ul>

Follow the local convention for style, punctuation, and sequence

The United States Dollar symbol = $ Put the symbol in front of the numbers
- Format should be [currency symbol][value]
Don’t include a space between the currency symbol and the numbers
If the amount does not include cents (in other words, if the cents = zero), remove the zero value
- For example, $12 (instead of $12.00)
If using minus or plus symbol (to show price reductions or additions), place it in front of the currency symbol
- For example, -$15.95 or +$3
- Don’t include a space between the minus or plus sign and the currency symbol
Don't include a currency abbreviation (each country site is localized)
- For example, the US site will automatically display US dollars and the Australian site will display Australian dollars, so there's no need to label these with USD or AUD
If an amount is less than one, insert a zero before the decimal point
- Tip: If the decimal equals zero, drop the decimal to increase readability
- For example, $26 (instead of $26.00)
Don’t spell out dollars or cents, just use the $ sign and decimals

$74.99
$74
-$74.99
+$50.95

DON'T

74.99 US dollar
74.99 USD
USD74.99
74.99$
$74.00