Date & Number Formats
Supported date, number and currency formats in ZN ERP — and where to change them.
Date & number formats
ZN ERP follows your installation's regional settings for displaying dates, numbers and currency — with sensible defaults for Indian businesses. This page lists the supported formats and explains where to change them.
Date formats
| Format | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
dd-MM-yyyy | 23-05-2026 | Default for India — safest for written communication (no day/month ambiguity). |
dd/MM/yyyy | 23/05/2026 | Common alternative; matches Excel default in India. |
MM/dd/yyyy | 05/23/2026 | US convention — avoid in shared documents. |
yyyy-MM-dd | 2026-05-23 | ISO — useful for file names and sorting; unambiguous globally. |
dd-MMM-yyyy | 23-May-2026 | Most human-readable on printed reports. |
dd MMMM yyyy | 23 May 2026 | Formal correspondence. |
Dates entered in any of the above formats are accepted in date fields and normalised to the display format on save.
Date input shortcuts
Inside any date field you can type these shortcuts:
- T — today
- Y — yesterday
- M — first day of current month
- H — last day of current month
- + / - — increment / decrement by one day
- F4 — open the calendar picker
Full list under Keyboard Shortcuts › Date entry.
Number formats
| Format | Example | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Indian (lakh-crore) | 12,34,567.50 | Default for India — matches conventional accounting reports. |
| International (thousands) | 1,234,567.50 | Exports to international parents / auditors. |
| European | 1.234.567,50 | EU partners (period thousands, comma decimal). |
| Plain | 1234567.50 | System exports / API payloads where separators interfere. |
Quantity & rate precision
Precision (number of decimal places) is set independently for each of:
- Quantity — default 2; raise to 3 for pharma weights, lower to 0 for whole-number items only.
- Rate — default 2; raise to 4 for cost rates with paise-level precision.
- Tax % — default 2 (e.g. 18.00).
- Amount — default 2 (rounded to nearest paisa).
Per-item overrides exist on the item master — useful for items sold in fractional UOMs.
Currency formatting
| Setting | Default (India) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | ₹ (Rupee sign) | Other built-in symbols: $, €, £, AED. |
| Symbol position | Prefix — ₹ 1,234.50 | Switch to suffix per locale if required. |
| Sub-unit name | Paise | Shown on word-amount printing (e.g. "One Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Four and 50/100 only"). |
| Words script | Indian (Lakhs, Crores) | Or International (Thousand, Million, Billion). |
| Negative display | -1,234.50 | Optional alternatives: parentheses (1,234.50) or red font. |
| Zero display | 0.00 | Can be set to blank for cleaner reports. |
Where to change
- Open Administration › Application Setting.
- Go to the Regional tab.
- Set Date Format, Number Format, Currency Symbol, Sub-unit Name and Words Script.
- Save and restart the application for the change to fully apply to all open windows.
Per-item precision overrides live on the item master (Item Setup).
Financial year
Indian installations default to 1 Apr – 31 Mar. To change — for example to a calendar year for a foreign subsidiary — set the FY Start Month under Application Setting › Accounting. All FY-aware reports (P&L, Trial Balance, GST) follow this setting.