Standardize number and date formats

[davicostalf]

Problem

We use numeric information in multiple components, but we have no guideline in Shoreline on how they should be formatted. Ideally, it should be very clear to designers what formats they should follow and it should be very easy for developers to implement these formats.

Solution

There are already some clues on what directions we should follow:

• Previous research that had been conducted
• Documentation from the localization team
• Documentation from the education team

Some things that I would like to note:

• Using a format for currency such as "0,000.00 USD" is more precise than "$0,000.00" since multiple currencies use the dollar sign.
• Using a format for date such as "Mon DD, YYYY" seems more precise than "00/00/0000" since depending on the person's culture it can be interpreted either as "DD/MM/YYYY" or "MM/DD/YYYY".

Usage examples

Date pickers, table column cells, information in cards, filters, etc.

Dependencies

We need to align with the localization and education team on a direction.

References

There is documentation from other design systems that we can use as basis. For example:

• Polaris
• Material

[davicostalf]

This is being tackled by the localization team