def METHOD_NAME(self, item):
    item_txt = " ".join(item.css("*::text").extract()).strip()
    replacements = {
        "Annual Meeting": "",
        "Sept": "Sep",
        "June": "Jun",
        "am": "AM",
        "pm": "PM",
        ".": "",
    }
    for k, v in replacements.items():
        item_txt = item_txt.replace(k, v)
    p_idx = max(item_txt.find("AM"), item_txt.find("PM"), 0) + 2  # so we can slice
    time_str = item_txt[:p_idx]  # strip rest of the string
    try:
        return datetime.strptime(time_str, "%b %d, %Y, %H:%M %p")
    except ValueError:
        return