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"From € 1.000 p/m" is even worse. I was not even aware of any locale using ',' for decimals and '.' for thousands.


Probably German.


Majority of European countries use a decimal comma.


Finns use a space. It's best to use some library, built-in or otherwise to make sure it's the correct one.


I'm French, where we use a comma for decimals, but a space for thousands.




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