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About Date, Time, Number, and Currency Formatting

Siebel Business Applications support formatting of data such as dates and time, numbers, phone numbers, and currency, based on locale settings. More information about formatting for these types of data can be found in Siebel Applications Administration Guide.

The following are examples of different formats based on locales:

• Date and time
  • 11/4/2013 or 3/21/2013 (U.S. English format, for November 4, 2013 or March 21, 2013)
  • 04.11.2013 (German format, for November 4, 2013)
• Number
  • 1,234.34 (U.S. format, with a comma as the digit grouping symbol and a period for the decimal symbol)
  • 1 234,34 (French format, with a space as the digit grouping symbol and a comma for the decimal symbol)
  • 1.234,34 (German format, with a period as the digit grouping symbol and a comma for the decimal symbol)
• Phone number
  • +33 1-23 42 34 56 (French phone number, as shown in U.S. regional settings)
  • (415) 295-5000 (U.S. phone number, as shown in U.S. regional settings)
• Currency
  • $32.45 (U.S. format, with U.S. dollar currency symbol in front of the amount)
  • 99.40 kr (Swedish format, with Krona currency symbol behind the amount)

Application handling of multicurrency transactions for multinational businesses includes automatic currency conversion, with full euro support. Siebel Business Applications allow you to conduct currency transactions using multiple currencies, and to define additional currencies as needed. Currencies are converted as needed within the application, such as when rolling up forecasts.

For information about administering currency conversion, see Siebel Applications Administration Guide. For information about configuring dual-currency display, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.