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by fossislife 788 days ago
Just had a look: 25 of EU countries use ".", and 2 (Malta and Ireland) use ","
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In school (UK) we were told to use ' as the thousands separator in mathematics as it avoids confusion i.e.

1'234.56 1'234,56

Either of these can be understood no matter which format you're used to. Although, I don't think it's ever caught on really (or whether it's even advisable/sensible).

When was this?
~2015