# Global dateformat and number formatting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-dateformat-and-number-formatting/123438>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 17, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-dateformat-and-number-formatting/123438 "2007-12-17T19:59:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_De_Berdt)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-dateformat-and-number-formatting/123438/1 "2007-12-17T19:59:22Z")

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What would be the best way to globally handle all input fields  
showing and rails processing european number and date formatting.  
I’ve looked into a couple solutions, including virtual accessors and  
looking into how globalize handles it, but i was wondering if there  
were more elegant solutions to handle this.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt