def METHOD_NAME(self, date_item, year):
    no_tags = self._clean_html_tags(date_item)
    date_pieces = no_tags.split()[-5:]
    date_pieces[1] = "".join([num for num in date_pieces[1] if num.isdigit()])
    date = " ".join(date_pieces[0:2]) + " " + year + " " + date_pieces[2]
    return date