def parse_date(date_string):
parser_settings = {<EOL>"<STR_LIT>": datetime.datetime.utcnow()<EOL>}<EOL>return dateparser.parse(date_string, settings=parser_settings)<EOL>
Parse the given string as datetime object. This parser supports in almost any string formats.

For relative times, like `10min ago`, this parser computes the actual time relative to current UTC time. This
allows time to always be in UTC if an explicit time zone is not provided.

Parameters
----------
date_string : str
    String representing the date

Returns
-------
datetime.datetime
    Parsed datetime object. None, if the string cannot be parsed.