def METHOD_NAME(self, item):
    """parse or generate links from past meetings"""
    str_list = [".docx", ".pdf", "-", "["]
    time_object = time(10, 0)
    date_str = " ".join(item.css("*::text").extract()).strip()
    if len(date_str) == 0:
        return None
    date_str = date_str.replace("\u200b", "")
    index = None
    for item in str_list:
        if item in date_str:
            index = date_str.index(item)
            break
    date_str = date_str[:index]
    date_object = datetime.strptime(date_str.strip(), "%B %d, %Y").date()
    return datetime.combine(date_object, time_object)