Python Date Conversion. How to convert arabic date string into date or datetime object python

Question

I have to convert this date into normal date string/object.

١٩٩٤-٠٤-١١ to 11-04-1994.

Answer 1

I have made a solution to this problem. May be not a best but its working :)

# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
import unicodedata
s = u"١٩٩٤-٠٤-١١"

def date_conv(unicode_arabic_date):
    new_date = ''
    for d in unicode_arabic_date:
        if d != '-':
            new_date+=str(unicodedata.decimal(d))
        else:
            new_date+='-'
    return new_date

print date_conv(s)

1994-04-11