def METHOD_NAME(epoch):
    """
    Convert a string in the form of "YYYYMMDD" into a datetime object
    Parameters
    ----------
    epoch : string
        String to convert to a list of datetime objects.
        The string must have the format of YYYYMMDD.
    Returns
    -------
    datetime_epoch : datetime
    """
    return datetime.date(int(epoch[0:4]), int(epoch[4:6]), int(epoch[6:8]))