diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 5d8618d8e6..16c76fa608 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better: Andy Dustman Andy Gayton andy@jadedplanet.net + Annabelle Wiegart Anssi Kääriäinen ant9000@netwise.it Anthony Briggs diff --git a/django/conf/locale/de_CH/formats.py b/django/conf/locale/de_CH/formats.py index f42dd48739..bf048462bd 100644 --- a/django/conf/locale/de_CH/formats.py +++ b/django/conf/locale/de_CH/formats.py @@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS = [ "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M", # '25.10.2006 14:30' ] -# these are the separators for non-monetary numbers. For monetary numbers, -# the DECIMAL_SEPARATOR is a . (decimal point) and the THOUSAND_SEPARATOR is a -# ' (single quote). -# For details, please refer to the documentation and the following link: -# https://www.bk.admin.ch/bk/de/home/dokumentation/sprachen/hilfsmittel-textredaktion/schreibweisungen.html +# Swiss number formatting can vary based on context (e.g. Fr. 23.50 vs 22,5 m). +# Django does not support context-specific formatting and uses generic +# separators. DECIMAL_SEPARATOR = "," THOUSAND_SEPARATOR = "\xa0" # non-breaking space NUMBER_GROUPING = 3 diff --git a/django/conf/locale/fr_CH/formats.py b/django/conf/locale/fr_CH/formats.py index 84f065713e..0a63166e80 100644 --- a/django/conf/locale/fr_CH/formats.py +++ b/django/conf/locale/fr_CH/formats.py @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS = [ "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S.%f", # '25/10/2006 14:30:59.000200' "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M", # '25/10/2006 14:30' ] + +# Swiss number formatting can vary based on context (e.g. Fr. 23.50 vs 22,5 m). +# Django does not support context-specific formatting and uses generic +# separators. DECIMAL_SEPARATOR = "," THOUSAND_SEPARATOR = "\xa0" # non-breaking space NUMBER_GROUPING = 3 diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt index e1b6213ca2..de4f961c01 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt @@ -188,12 +188,13 @@ Limitations of the provided locale formats Some locales use context-sensitive formats for numbers, which Django's localization system cannot handle automatically. -Switzerland (German) --------------------- +Switzerland (German, French) +---------------------------- -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. +The Swiss number formatting traditionally varies depending on context. For +example, monetary values may use a dot as decimal separator (``Fr. 23.50``), +while measurements often use a comma (``22,5 m``). Django’s localization system +does not support such context-specific variations automatically. + +The locale format provided by Django uses the generic separators, a comma for +decimal and a space for thousand separators.