stdnum.za.idnr

ID number (South African Identity Document number).

The South African ID number is issued to individuals within South Africa. The number consists of 13 digits and contains information about a person’s date of birth, gender and whether the person is a citizen or permanent resident.

More information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_identity_card

• http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/identity-documents2

>>> validate('7503305044089')
'7503305044089'
>>> validate('8503305044089')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
InvalidChecksum: ...
>>> validate('9125568')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
InvalidLength: ...
>>> get_gender('7503305044089')
'M'
>>> get_birth_date('7503305044089')
datetime.date(1975, 3, 30)
>>> get_citizenship('7503305044089')
'citizen'
>>> format('750330 5044089')
'750330 5044 08 9'

stdnum.za.idnr.compact(number)

Convert the number to the minimal representation.

This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.

stdnum.za.idnr.format(number)

Reformat the number to the standard presentation format.

stdnum.za.idnr.get_birth_date(number)

Split the date parts from the number and return the date of birth.

Since the number only uses two digits for the year, the century may be incorrect.

stdnum.za.idnr.get_citizenship(number)

Get the citizenship status (citizen/resident) from the ID number.

stdnum.za.idnr.get_gender(number)

Get the gender (M/F) from the person’s ID number.

stdnum.za.idnr.is_valid(number)

Check if the number is a valid South African ID number.

stdnum.za.idnr.validate(number)

Check if the number is a valid South African ID number.

This checks the length, formatting and check digit.