diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index 732762d6..afa032ee 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ MISC ITEMS THAT CAME UP
 todo: datatable number currency zero shows blank on grid, not zero
 	Saw it in the imported rates
 
-todo: datatable numbers
-	currency and possibly other numbers should center justify in their columns or left or whatever it takes to not look so weird but still be comparable / lined up or whatever
-	OR
-	Maybe it's the column header itself that should be moved
-	NOTE: CUrrency has problem, decimal apparently does not...investigate
-
 
 
 todo: NEXT DEPLOY TO DEVOPS attach a photo from phone, no error just does nothing 
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/locale.js b/ayanova/src/api/locale.js
index 2f52ec18..014460a5 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/locale.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/locale.js
@@ -234,9 +234,6 @@ export default {
     if (!value) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (value == "") {
-      return false;
-    }
 
     return new Date(value) < new Date();
   },
@@ -245,7 +242,7 @@ export default {
   // currency display
   //
   currencyLocalized(value, languageName, currencyName) {
-    if (!value) return "";
+    if (value == null) return "";
     if (!languageName) {
       languageName = this.getBrowserLanguages();
     }
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ export default {
   // decimal format display
   //
   decimalLocalized(value, languageName) {
-    if (!value) return "";
+    if (value == null) return "";
     if (!languageName) {
       languageName = this.getBrowserLanguages();
     }