scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

french date wrong output

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Description

hi,
i don't know if i'm not using in the right way but when i type:

`
test = dateparser.parse('12 sep 2020')
datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 12, 0, 0)

test = dateparser.parse('12 sept 2020')
datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 12, 0, 0)
`

sept is an abbr of september in french. but the output gives july don't know why.

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Run the two dateparser.parse examples from the report, then trace how French month abbreviations are interpreted. Done means the French input 12 sept 2020 no longer produces July and the existing September example remains correct.

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Tech stack
python
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localization
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Bug
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3/5
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1-2 days
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