Dates
- Always write the date in full
Example: 27 May 2017
Not: May 27 or 27/05/2005 or 27-05-05 or 27th May 2005
Numerals
- Write out numbers up to the number nine, use numerals for 10 onwards.
- Use a figure to attach a digit to an abbreviated unit, with no space between the unit and the digit.
Example: 1km, 12ha, 120km
- Show negative numbers as figures
Examples: -7, -28, -46.9
- The use of a space denotes thousands
Examples: 7 500, 75 334 000
- Do not split figures. If, when writing or typing a figure, it does not fit on the same line, put it on the next line.
- Never start a sentence with a digit, write out the number in full.
- Measurements are expressed in figures
Examples: 84g, 14mm, 8m, 67kg
Time
- Time is expressed in 24 hour cycles.
Examples: 09:00, 21:00
- When referring to a handset’s talk time, express the time in hours and minutes, not in the 24 hour cycle.
Example: talk time: 2h 30 min