def METHOD_NAME(self, item, start_time):
    """
    Parse start date and time.
    """
    date_str = item.css("*::text").extract_first()
    if not date_str:
        return
    date_match = re.search(r"\w{3,9} \d{1,2}, \d{4}", date_str)
    if date_match:
        parsed_date = datetime.strptime(date_match.group(), "%B %d, %Y")
        return datetime.combine(parsed_date.date(), start_time.time())