diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Coordinates/XLAddress.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Coordinates/XLAddress.cs
index d9b9a8e..cdd0703 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Coordinates/XLAddress.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Coordinates/XLAddress.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                     columnLetter = cellAddressString.Substring(startPos, rowPos);
                 }
 
-                rowNumber = int.Parse(cellAddressString.Substring(rowPos + 1), XLHelper.NumberFormatForParse);
+                rowNumber = int.Parse(cellAddressString.Substring(rowPos + 1), XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                     columnLetter = cellAddressString.Substring(startPos, rowPos);
                 }
 
-                rowNumber = Int32.Parse(cellAddressString.Substring(rowPos), XLHelper.NumberFormatForParse);
+                rowNumber = Int32.Parse(cellAddressString.Substring(rowPos), XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture);
             }
             return new XLAddress(worksheet, rowNumber, columnLetter, fixedRow, fixedColumn);
         }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
             _fixedColumn = fixedColumn;
             _fixedRow = fixedRow;
 
-            
+
         }
         #endregion
         #region Properties
@@ -380,4 +380,4 @@
 
         public String UniqueId { get { return RowNumber.ToString("0000000") + ColumnNumber.ToString("00000"); } }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeColumn.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeColumn.cs
index 77fc1ba..50841a9 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeColumn.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeColumn.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {
     using System;
     using System.Linq;
-	
+
 
     internal class XLRangeColumn : XLRangeBase, IXLRangeColumn
     {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
                         else if (thisCell.DataType == XLCellValues.TimeSpan)
                             comparison = thisCell.GetTimeSpan().CompareTo(otherCell.GetTimeSpan());
                         else
-                            comparison = Double.Parse(thisCell.InnerText).CompareTo(Double.Parse(otherCell.InnerText));
+                            comparison = Double.Parse(thisCell.InnerText, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture).CompareTo(Double.Parse(otherCell.InnerText, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture));
                     }
                     else if (e.MatchCase)
                         comparison = String.Compare(thisCell.GetString(), otherCell.GetString(), true);
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
         public IXLTable AsTable()
         {
             using (var asRange = AsRange())
-               return asRange.AsTable(); 
+               return asRange.AsTable();
         }
 
         public IXLTable AsTable(string name)
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
index 3a1aeb3..21c7cf9 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Date)
                 {
                     if (!XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
-                        xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToInvariantString();
+                        xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture).ToInvariantString();
                     xlCell._dataType = XLCellValues.DateTime;
                 }
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Boolean)
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Number)
                 {
                     if (!XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
-                        xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToInvariantString();
+                        xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture).ToInvariantString();
                     if (s == null)
                     {
                         xlCell._dataType = XLCellValues.Number;
diff --git a/ClosedXML/XLHelper.cs b/ClosedXML/XLHelper.cs
index 240e876..8729fef 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/XLHelper.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/XLHelper.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         public const Double Epsilon = 1e-10;
 
         private const Int32 TwoT26 = 26*26;
-        internal static readonly NumberFormatInfo NumberFormatForParse = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat;
         internal static readonly Graphics Graphic = Graphics.FromImage(new Bitmap(200, 200));
         internal static readonly Double DpiX = Graphic.DpiX;
         internal static readonly NumberStyles NumberStyle = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint | NumberStyles.AllowLeadingSign | NumberStyles.AllowLeadingWhite | NumberStyles.AllowTrailingWhite | NumberStyles.AllowExponent;
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
             //Extra check because we allow users to pass row col positions in as strings
             if (columnLetter[0] <= '9')
             {
-                retVal = Int32.Parse(columnLetter, NumberFormatForParse);
+                retVal = Int32.Parse(columnLetter, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture);
                 return retVal;
             }