Culture Specific Predefined Formats

Updated on Apr 24, 2026

Starting with R3 2021, SpreadStreamProcessing exposes the BuiltInNumberFormats static class. This class contains several methods that allow you to get a set of predefined formats. These formats are culture-specific. This means that they depend on the current culture of the operating system. And for example, if you set a currency format you will get the currency symbol for the current culture. Currently, the following methods are exposed:

Method	Format in en-US culture	Description
GetGeneral	General	Generates the General number format string.
GetNumber	0	Generates a Number number format string.
GetNumber1	0.00	Generates a Number number format string with 2 decimal places and no thousand separator.
GetNumber2	#,##0	Generates a Number number format string with zero decimal places and using a thousand separator.
GetNumber3	#,##0.00	Generates a Number number format string with 2 decimal places and a thousand separator.
GetCurrency	$#,##0_);($#,##0)	Generates a Currency number format string with no decimal places and positive and negative format patterns and alignment.
GetCurrency1	$#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0)	Generates a Currency number format string with no decimal places and positive and negative format with red digits patterns and alignment.
GetCurrency2	$#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00)	Generates a Currency number format string with two decimal places and positive and negative format patterns and alignment.
GetCurrency3	$#,##0.00_);[Red]($#,##0.00)	Generates a Currency number format string with two decimal places and positive and negative format with red digits patterns and alignment.
GetPercent	0%	Generates a Percent number format string
GetPercent1	0.00%	Generates a Percent number format string with 2 decimal places and no thousand separator.
GetScientific	0.00E+00	Generates a culture dependent Scientific number format string.
GetFraction	# ?/?	Generates a Fraction number format for up to one digit
GetFraction1	# ??/??	Generates a Fraction number format for up to two digit.
GetShortDate	m/d/yyyy	Generates a Date number format for short date.
GetDayMonthYear	d-mmm-yy	Generates a Date number format with day, month and year.
GetDayMonth	d-mmm	Generates a Date number format with day and month.
GetMonthYear	mmm-yy	Generates a Date number format with month and year.
GetHourMinuteAMPM	h:mm AM/PM	Generates a Time number format with hours, minutes and AM/PM.
GetHourMinuteSecondAMPM	h:mm:ss AM/PM	Generates a Time number format with hours, minutes, seconds and AM/PM.
GetHourMinute	h:mm	Generates a Time number format with hours and minutes.
GetHourMinuteSecond	h:mm:ss	Generates a Time number format with hours, minutes and seconds.
GetShortDateHourMinute	m/d/yyyy h:mm	Generates a Time number format with short date, hours and minutes.
GetDayMonthLongYear	m/d/yyyy	Generates a Date number format with day, month and year.
GetNumber4	#,##0_);(#,##0)	Generates a Currency number format string with no decimal places, a thousand separator, and positive and negative format pattern and alignment.
GetNumber5	#,##0_);[Red](#,##0)	Generates a Currency number format string with no decimal places, a thousand separator, and positive and negative format with red digits patterns and alignment.
GetNumber6	#,##0.00_);(#,##0.00)	Generates a Currency number format string with two decimal places, a thousand separator, and positive and negative format pattern and alignment.
GetNumber7	#,##0.00_);[Red](#,##0.00)	Generates a Currency number format string with two decimal places, a thousand separator, and positive and negative format with red digits patterns and alignment.
GetCurrency4	(*#,##0);(*(#,##0);(* "-");(@_)
GetCurrency5	($*#,##0);($*(#,##0);($* "-");(@_)
GetCurrency6	(*#,##0.00);(*(#,##0.00);(*"-"??);(@_)
GetCurrency7	($*#,##0.00);($*(#,##0.00);($*"-"??);(@_)
GetScientific2	##0.0E+0

Working with the BuiltInNumberFormats class

Example 1 demonstrates how you can get specific format and set it when exporting a cell.

Example 1: Using BuiltInNumberFormats class

C#

SpreadCellFormat format = new SpreadCellFormat();
format.NumberFormat = BuiltInNumberFormats.GetFraction();

using (ICellExporter cell = row.CreateCellExporter())
{
    cell.SetValue(0.5);
    cell.SetFormat(format);
}