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

Here is a method I wrote to solve it:

def arab_to_decimal(timestamp):
    if not isinstance(timestamp, unicode) return
    table = {1632: 48,  # 0
             1633: 49,  # 1
             1634: 50,  # 2
             1635: 51,  # 3
             1636: 52,  # 4
             1637: 53,  # 5
             1638: 54,  # 6
             1639: 55,  # 7
             1640: 56,  # 8
             1641: 57}  # 9
    return timestamp.translate(table)

arab_to_decimal(u"١٩٩٤-٠٤-١١")