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diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt index 3c8ebaf409..2ca96ed57e 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt @@ -180,3 +180,21 @@ where :file:`formats.py` contains custom format definitions. For example:: to use a space as a thousand separator, instead of the default for English, a comma. + + +Limitations of the provided locale formats +========================================== + +Some locales use context-sensitive formats for numbers, which Djangos +localization system cannot handle automatically. + + +Switzerland (German) +-------------------- + +The Swiss number formatting depends on the type of number that is being +formatted. For monetary values, a comma is used as the thousand separator and +a decimal point for the decimal separator, for all other numbers, a comma is +used as decimal separator and a space as thousand separator. The locale format +provided by Django uses the generic separators, a comma for decimal and a space +for thousand separators. |