Parse date based on locale :python:

parse_date_locale.py

# Answer for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26528007/parse-date-based-on-locale-php-python
from datetime import date
import parsedatetime as pdt # $ pip install parsedatetime


def unix(utc_date, epoch_ord=date(1970, 1, 1).toordinal()):
    return (utc_date.toordinal() - epoch_ord) * 86400
    
for date_string, locale in [("30 juin 2009", "fr_FR"),
                            ("30.06.2009", "de_DE"),
                            ("Jun 30, 2009", "en_US")]:
    calendar = pdt.Calendar(pdt.Constants(localeID=locale))    
    d, rc = calendar.parseDT(date_string)
    if rc == 1: # parsed as date
        print(unix(d))
    else:
         assert 0, date_string
"""
### Output

    1246320000
    1246320000
    1246320000
"""