diff --git a/Civi.php b/Civi.php
index a018bb54d9d2..f087d19c8d6b 100644
--- a/Civi.php
+++ b/Civi.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+use Civi\Core\Format;
+
 /**
  * Class Civi
  *
@@ -103,6 +105,15 @@ public static function paths() {
     return \Civi\Core\Container::getBootService('paths');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Obtain the formatting object.
+   *
+   * @return \Civi\Core\Format
+   */
+  public static function format(): Format {
+    return new Civi\Core\Format();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Fetch a service from the container.
    *
diff --git a/Civi/Core/Container.php b/Civi/Core/Container.php
index 268938f68f7b..fd7c2773d601 100644
--- a/Civi/Core/Container.php
+++ b/Civi/Core/Container.php
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ public function createContainer() {
       []
     ))->setPublic(TRUE);
 
+    $container->setDefinition('format', new Definition(
+      '\Civi\Core\Format',
+      []
+    ))->setPublic(TRUE);
+
     $container->setDefinition('bundle.bootstrap3', new Definition('CRM_Core_Resources_Bundle', ['bootstrap3']))
       ->setFactory('CRM_Core_Resources_Common::createBootstrap3Bundle')->setPublic(TRUE);
 
diff --git a/Civi/Core/Format.php b/Civi/Core/Format.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fd0da77add4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Civi/Core/Format.php
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Civi\Core;
+
+use Brick\Money\Currency;
+use Brick\Money\Money;
+use Brick\Math\RoundingMode;
+use Civi;
+use CRM_Core_Config;
+use CRM_Core_I18n;
+use CRM_Utils_Constant;
+use CRM_Utils_Date;
+use CRM_Utils_Rule;
+use DateTime;
+use DateTimeZone;
+use NumberFormatter;
+use Brick\Money\Context\AutoContext;
+
+/**
+ * Class Paths
+ * @package Civi\Core
+ *
+ * This class provides standardised formatting
+ */
+class Format {
+
+  /**
+   * Get formatted money
+   *
+   * @param string $amount
+   * @param string|null $currency
+   *   Currency, defaults to site currency if not provided.
+   * @param string|null $locale
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *
+   * @noinspection PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection
+   * @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection
+   */
+  public function money(string $amount, ?string $currency = NULL, ?string $locale = NULL): string {
+    if (!$currency) {
+      $currency = Civi::settings()->get('defaultCurrency');
+    }
+    if (!isset($locale)) {
+      $locale = CRM_Core_I18n::getLocale();
+    }
+    $money = Money::of($amount, $currency, NULL, RoundingMode::HALF_UP);
+    $formatter = $this->getMoneyFormatter($currency, $locale);
+    return $money->formatWith($formatter);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a formatted number.
+   *
+   * @param string|int|float|Money $amount
+   *   Amount in a machine money format.
+   * @param string|null $locale
+   * @param array $attributes
+   *   Additional values supported by NumberFormatter
+   *   https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.numberformatter.php
+   *   By default this will set it to round to 8 places and not
+   *   add any padding.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   */
+  public function number($amount, ?string $locale = NULL, array $attributes = [
+    NumberFormatter::MIN_FRACTION_DIGITS => 0,
+    NumberFormatter::MAX_FRACTION_DIGITS => 8,
+  ]): string {
+    $formatter = $this->getMoneyFormatter(NULL, $locale, NumberFormatter::DECIMAL, $attributes);
+    return $formatter->format($amount);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a number formatted with rounding expectations derived from the currency.
+   *
+   * @param string|float|int $amount
+   * @param string $currency
+   * @param $locale
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *
+   * @noinspection PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection
+   * @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection
+   */
+  public function moneyNumber($amount, string $currency, $locale): string {
+    $formatter = $this->getMoneyFormatter($currency, $locale, NumberFormatter::DECIMAL);
+    $money = Money::of($amount, $currency, NULL, RoundingMode::HALF_UP);
+    return $money->formatWith($formatter);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Get a money value with formatting but not rounding.
+   *
+   * @param string|float|int $amount
+   * @param string|null $currency
+   * @param string|null $locale
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *
+   * @noinspection PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection
+   * @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection
+   */
+  public function moneyLong($amount, ?string $currency, ?string $locale): string {
+    $formatter = $this->getMoneyFormatter($currency, $locale, NumberFormatter::CURRENCY, [
+      NumberFormatter::MAX_FRACTION_DIGITS => 9,
+    ]);
+    $money = Money::of($amount, $currency, new AutoContext());
+    return $money->formatWith($formatter);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Should we use the configured thousand & decimal separators.
+   *
+   * The goal is to phase this into being FALSE - but for now
+   * we are looking at how to manage an 'opt in'
+   */
+  protected function isUseSeparatorSettings(): bool {
+    return !CRM_Utils_Constant::value('IGNORE_SEPARATOR_CONFIG');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the money formatter for when we are using configured thousand separators.
+   *
+   * Our intent is to phase out these settings in favour of deriving them from the locale.
+   *
+   * @param string|null $currency
+   * @param string|null $locale
+   * @param int $style
+   * @param array $attributes
+   *
+   * @return \NumberFormatter
+   *
+   * @noinspection PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection
+   * @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection
+   */
+  public function getMoneyFormatter(?string $currency = NULL, ?string $locale = NULL, int $style = NumberFormatter::CURRENCY, array $attributes = []): NumberFormatter {
+    if (!$currency) {
+      $currency = Civi::settings()->get('defaultCurrency');
+    }
+    $formatter = new NumberFormatter($locale, $style);
+
+    if (!isset($attributes[NumberFormatter::MIN_FRACTION_DIGITS])) {
+      $attributes[NumberFormatter::MIN_FRACTION_DIGITS] = Currency::of($currency)->getDefaultFractionDigits();
+    }
+    if (!isset($attributes[NumberFormatter::MAX_FRACTION_DIGITS])) {
+      $attributes[NumberFormatter::MAX_FRACTION_DIGITS] = Currency::of($currency)->getDefaultFractionDigits();
+    }
+
+    foreach ($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
+      $formatter->setAttribute($attribute,  $value);
+    }
+    if ($locale === CRM_Core_I18n::getLocale() && $this->isUseSeparatorSettings()) {
+      $formatter->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::MONETARY_GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, CRM_Core_Config::singleton()->monetaryThousandSeparator);
+      $formatter->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::MONETARY_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, CRM_Core_Config::singleton()->monetaryDecimalPoint);
+    }
+    return $formatter;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/Civi/Core/FormatTest.php b/tests/phpunit/Civi/Core/FormatTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aea3eb3c3e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/Civi/Core/FormatTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | Copyright CiviCRM LLC. All rights reserved.                        |
+ |                                                                    |
+ | This work is published under the GNU AGPLv3 license with some      |
+ | permitted exceptions and without any warranty. For full license    |
+ | and copyright information, see https://civicrm.org/licensing       |
+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ */
+
+namespace Civi\Core;
+
+use Civi;
+use CiviUnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Class MoneyTest
+ *
+ * @package Civi\Core
+ * @group headless
+ */
+class FormatTest extends CiviUnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * Money Locale Format Cases
+   */
+  public function localeMoneyTestCases(): array {
+    $cases = [];
+    $cases['en_US_USD'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'USD',
+        'money' => '$1,234.56',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.56',
+        'number' => '1,234.56',
+        'money_long' => '$1,234.56',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_USD_long'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56700',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'USD',
+        'money' => '$1,234.57',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.57',
+        'number' => '1,234.567',
+        'money_long' => '$1,234.567',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_USD_pad'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.50',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'USD',
+        'money' => '$1,234.50',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.50',
+        'number' => '1,234.5',
+        'money_long' => '$1,234.50',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_EUR'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '€1,234.56',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.56',
+        'number' => '1,234.56',
+        'money_long' => '€1,234.56',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_EUR_long'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56700',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '€1,234.57',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.57',
+        'number' => '1,234.567',
+        'money_long' => '€1,234.567',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_EUR_pad'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.5',
+        'locale' => 'en_US',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '€1,234.50',
+        'money_number' => '1,234.50',
+        'number' => '1,234.5',
+        'money_long' => '€1,234.50',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['fr_FR_EUR'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '1 234,56 €',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,56',
+        'number' => '1 234,56',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,56 €',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['fr_FR_EUR_long'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56700',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '1 234,57 €',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,57',
+        'number' => '1 234,567',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,567 €',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['fr_FR_EUR_pad'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.50',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'EUR',
+        'money' => '1 234,50 €',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,50',
+        'number' => '1 234,5',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,50 €',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['ar_AE_KWD'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'ar_AE',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠ د.ك.‏',
+        'money_number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠',
+        'number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦',
+        'money_long' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠ د.ك.‏',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['ar_AE_KWD_long'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56710',
+        'locale' => 'ar_AE',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٧ د.ك.‏',
+        'money_number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٧',
+        'number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٧١',
+        'money_long' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٧١ د.ك.‏',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['ar_AE_KWD_pad'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'ar_AE',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠ د.ك.‏',
+        'money_number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠',
+        'number' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦',
+        'money_long' => '١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٠ د.ك.‏',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_KWD'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.56',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '1 234,560 KWD',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,560',
+        'number' => '1 234,56',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,560 KWD',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_KWD_long'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.5678000',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '1 234,568 KWD',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,568',
+        'number' => '1 234,5678',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,5678 KWD',
+      ],
+    ];
+    $cases['en_US_KWD_pad'] = [
+      [
+        'amount' => '1234.5',
+        'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+        'currency' => 'KWD',
+        'money' => '1 234,500 KWD',
+        'money_number' => '1 234,500',
+        'number' => '1 234,5',
+        'money_long' => '1 234,500 KWD',
+      ],
+    ];
+    return $cases;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @dataProvider localeMoneyTestCases
+   *
+   * @param array $testData
+   */
+  public function testMoneyAndNumbers(array $testData): void {
+    $this->assertEquals($testData['money'], Civi::format()->money($testData['amount'], $testData['currency'], $testData['locale']));
+    $this->assertEquals($testData['money_number'], Civi::format()->moneyNumber($testData['amount'], $testData['currency'], $testData['locale']));
+    $this->assertEquals($testData['number'], Civi::format()->number($testData['amount'], $testData['locale']));
+    $this->assertEquals($testData['money_long'], Civi::format()->moneyLong($testData['amount'], $testData['currency'], $testData['locale']));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @dataProvider getDateData
+   */
+  public function testDate($format, $expected): void {
+    $this->assertEquals($expected, Civi::format()->date('2020-02-01 03:04:05', $format));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Data provider for date tests.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public function getDateData(): array {
+    return [
+      ['shortdate', '02/01/2020'],
+      ['%B %Y', 'February 2020'],
+      [NULL, 'February 1st, 2020  3:04 AM'],
+    ];
+  }
+
+}