class_docstr: Implementation based on:
  https://mariadb.com/kb/en/resultset-row/#binary-resultset-row
  https://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/null-bitmap.html
code: def encode_date(self, val):
      # date_type = None
      # date_value = None
  
      if isinstance(val, str):
          try:
              date_value = dt.datetime.strptime(val, "%Y-%m-%d")
              date_type = "date"
          except ValueError:
              try:
                  date_value = dt.datetime.strptime(
                      val, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
                  )
                  date_type = "datetime"
              except ValueError:
                  date_value = dt.datetime.strptime(
                      val, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
                  )
                  date_type = "datetime"
      elif isinstance(val, pd.Timestamp):
          date_value = val
          date_type = "datetime"
  
      out = struct.pack("<H", date_value.year)
      out += struct.pack("<B", date_value.month)
      out += struct.pack("<B", date_value.day)
  
      if date_type == "datetime":
          out += struct.pack("<B", date_value.hour)
          out += struct.pack("<B", date_value.minute)
          out += struct.pack("<B", date_value.second)
          out += struct.pack("<L", date_value.microsecond)
  
      len_bit = struct.pack("<B", len(out))
      return len_bit + out
  
file_path: mindsdb/mindsdb/api/mysql/mysql_proxy/data_types/mysql_packets/binary_resultset_row_package.py
imports: import datetime
  import struct
  import pandas
  from mindsdb.api.mysql.mysql_proxy.data_types.mysql_datum import Datum
  from mindsdb.api.mysql.mysql_proxy.data_types.mysql_packet import Packet
  from mindsdb.api.mysql.mysql_proxy.libs.constants.mysql import TYPES
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the BinaryResultsetRowPacket obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.encode_date(val) and returns: unknown