---
alias: operation-guide-cultureformatoverride
description: "Customize number, currency, and date formatting through a configuration file override"
---

# Culture Formats Override

There is the possibility to override the current culture formatter configs by adding a specific set of key/value pairs to the `config.json` file. The new configs are under "general" and have the following basic structure:

* **currency** - Specific overrides to format the currency numeric values.
    * **symbol** (string) - Currency symbol to use (note: since this could be also defined in `/Cmf/Guis/Configuration/CurrencyFormat/Symbol` that config has precedence over the one in config.json; if non defined, defaults to the current culture symbol)
    * **decimalPlaces** (number) - Currency fixed number of decimal places to use (note: since this could be also defined in `/Cmf/Guis/Configuration/CurrencyFormat/DecimalPlaces/` that config has precedence over the one in config.json; if non defined, defaults to the current culture currency decimal places)
* **number** - Overrides to format any numeric values.
    * **decimalPlaces** (number) - Maximum number of decimal places that a number can display (currency numeric values not affected) (defaults to current culture decimal places if not defined)
    * **thousandSeparator** (string) - String to separate thousand groupings. (defaults to current culture separator if not defined)
    * **decimalSeparator** (string)  - String to separate the decimal part in a number (defaults to current culture separator if not defined)
* **dateTime** - Overrides to format any date values.
    * **date** (string) - Date format (defaults to current culture). Supported formats:
        * `DD/MM/YYYY`
        * `MM/DD/YYYY`
        * `DD/MM`
        * `MM/DD`
        * `DD.MM.YYYY`
        * `YYYY/MM/DD`
    * **time** (string) - Time format  (defaults to current culture). Supported formats:
        * `HH:mm`
        * `hh:mm A`
        * `HH:mm:ss`
        * `hh:mm:ss A`
    * **firstDayOfWeek** (string) - First day of week (defaults to current culture).
    Supported formats:
        * `Sunday`
        * `Monday`
        * `Tuesday`
        * `Wednesday`
        * `Thursday`
        * `Friday`
        * `Saturday`

Example config.json:

```json
"general": {
    "supportedCultures": [
        "en-US",
        "pt-PT",
        "de-DE",
        "vi-VN",
        "zh-CN",
        "zh-TW",
        "es-ES",
        "pl-PL"
    ],
    "formatter": {
        "currency": {
            "symbol": "@",
            "decimalPlaces": 2
        },
        "number": {
            "decimalPlaces": 5,
            "thousandSeparator": " ",
            "decimalSeparator": ","
        },
        "datetime": {
            "date": "YYYY/DD/MM",
            "time": "HH:mm:ss",
            "firstDayOfWeek": "Monday"
        }
    },
    "supportedThemes": [
        "cmf.style.blue",
        ...
    ]
}
```