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I'm writing a program and need to know how dates, versions, time, and numbers are formatted in the Chinese Language

Example (in English)

Version 1.0.0 (Build 0)

How would that look in Chinese?

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Does the language you're using not handle this automatically, based on the current locale? – Michael Robinson May 14 '12 at 2:40
No, I am using C# and there is no build in version format function AFAIK – Cole Johnson May 14 '12 at 3:45

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Micheal's answer is good, but it's from a programmer point of view. Mine's from a Mandarin speaker's point of view.

Version: 版本
Major version: 主版本
Minor version: 子版本
Revision: 修正版本
Build: 编译版本
Number: 号

According to Baidu

GNU Style
　　zh: 主版本号.子版本号[.修正版本号[.编译版本号]]
　　en: Major_Version_Number.Minor_Version_Number[.Revision_Number[.Build_Number]]
　　e.g.: 1.2.1, 2.0, 5.0.0 build-13124

Windows Style
　　zh: 主版本号.子版本号[修正版本号[.编译版本号]]
　　en: Major_Version_Number.Minor_Version_Number[Revision_Number[.Build_Number]]
　　e.g.: 1.21, 2.0

.Net Framework Style
　　zh: 主版本号.子版本号[.编译版本号[.修正版本号]]
　　en: Major_Version_Number.Minor_Version_Number[.Build_Number[.Revision_Number]] 
   e.g.: 1.3.4.2

This is a straight copy and paste so I don't take any credit for it. You should be able to match them up individually without needing any knowledge of Chinese.

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Is 版本1.0.0（0编译版本号） a readable version label for you? I think he's looking for the Chinese equivalent to Version 1.0.0 (Build 0) – Michael Robinson May 14 '12 at 4:22
I'd probably write it like this (I've never localized any of my software in Chinese, so this is just a guess): 版本1.0.0（编译版本号:0） – deutschZuid May 14 '12 at 4:25
I'm guessing that this is what he's after – Michael Robinson May 14 '12 at 4:26
Or he could just write it as: 版本1.0.0.0 :-). – deutschZuid May 14 '12 at 4:27
Fairly certain he could get away with v.1.0.0 (0) without causing too much confusion as well – Michael Robinson May 14 '12 at 4:29
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Sounds like you should investigate the localization features of your language.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("zh-CN");
string version = strings.Version.replace('%version%', '1.0.0');
version = version.replace('%build%', '0');
Console.WriteLine(version);

With the information given in James Jiao's answer & comments, your Chinese version string and its English equivalent could be:

版本%version%（编译版本号:%build%）
Version %version% (Build %build%)

For more information on localization in C#, refer to:

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