Date format and separator

The date format and decimal separator are small but important presentation details. A client reading "12.04.2026" and "1.234,56 EUR" sees something different from "04/12/2026" and "1,234.56". Bulido lets you pick both under Settings → Regional Settings.

Date format

The Date format field offers four options:

DD.MM.YYYY: e.g. 12.04.2026. Standard European format.
DD/MM/YYYY: e.g. 12/04/2026. Slash variant (UK and parts of the Commonwealth).
YYYY-MM-DD: e.g. 2026-04-12. ISO 8601 standard, used in software and government documents.
MM/DD/YYYY: e.g. 04/12/2026. American format.

The choice affects how dates render in the quote PDF, client email, and dashboard (validity dates, planned start, payment dates).

By default, European companies get DD.MM.YYYY.

Decimal separator

The second field is Decimal separator:

Comma (,): e.g. 1.234,56 EUR (or 1 234,56 EUR with thin-space grouping). Standard across most of continental Europe.
Period (.): e.g. 1,234.56 EUR. Standard in English-speaking countries.

The choice affects every amount in the PDF, the email, and the dashboard.

When to change these settings

In practice, most European companies stick with the defaults: DD.MM.YYYY + comma. Reasons to change:

International clients: if you regularly work with foreign clients and prefer ISO YYYY-MM-DD.
Data exports: if you push data into English-language accounting software, the period as separator may make imports easier.
Consistency with the rest of your stack: if your ERP/accounting is set to a particular format, keep things in sync.

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Date format

The Date format field offers four options:

DD.MM.YYYY: e.g. 12.04.2026. Standard European format.

DD/MM/YYYY: e.g. 12/04/2026. Slash variant (UK and parts of the Commonwealth).

YYYY-MM-DD: e.g. 2026-04-12. ISO 8601 standard, used in software and government documents.

MM/DD/YYYY: e.g. 04/12/2026. American format.

The choice affects how dates render in the quote PDF, client email, and dashboard (validity dates, planned start, payment dates).

By default, European companies get DD.MM.YYYY.

Decimal separator

The second field is Decimal separator:

Comma (,): e.g. 1.234,56 EUR (or 1 234,56 EUR with thin-space grouping). Standard across most of continental Europe.

Period (.): e.g. 1,234.56 EUR. Standard in English-speaking countries.

The choice affects every amount in the PDF, the email, and the dashboard.

When to change these settings

In practice, most European companies stick with the defaults: DD.MM.YYYY + comma. Reasons to change:

International clients: if you regularly work with foreign clients and prefer ISO YYYY-MM-DD.

Data exports: if you push data into English-language accounting software, the period as separator may make imports easier.

Consistency with the rest of your stack: if your ERP/accounting is set to a particular format, keep things in sync.