code: def parse_date(self, date):
      if isinstance(date, str):
          date1 = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
  
          if date == "midnight":
              date1 = datetime.datetime(
                  date1.year, date1.month, date1.day, 0, 0, 0
              )
          elif date == "decade":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(days=365 * 10)
          elif date == "year":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(days=365)
          elif date == "month":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(days=30)
          elif date == "week":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(days=7)
          elif date == "day":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(days=1)
          elif date == "hour":
              date1 = date1 - timedelta(hours=1)
          else:
              # format expected 'Jun 1 2005 01:33', '%b %d %Y %H:%M'
              try:
                  date1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(
                      date, "%b %d %Y %H:%M"
                  )
              except:
                  # ogger.warning("Attempted to parse date")
                  i = 0
  
              # format expected '1 Jun 2005 01:33', '%d %b %Y %H:%M'
              try:
                  date1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(
                      date, "%d %b %Y %H:%M"
                  )
              except:
                  # logger.warning("Attempted to parse date")
                  i = 0
  
              try:
                  date1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%b %d %Y")
              except:
                  # logger.warning("Attempted to parse date")
                  i = 0
  
              try:
                  date1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%d %b %Y")
              except:
                  # logger.warning("Attempted to parse date")
                  i = 0
      else:
          date1 = pd.Timestamp(date)
  
      return pd.Timestamp(date1)
  
imports: import datetime
  from datetime import timedelta
  import pandas
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling the MarketUtil obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.parse_date(date) and returns: pd