code: def _parse_date(self, date_str):
      if date_str.upper() == "NOW":
          return dt.datetime.now()
  
      date_formats = ["%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", "%Y-%m-%d"]
      date = None
      for date_format in date_formats:
          try:
              date = dt.datetime.strptime(date_str, date_format)
          except ValueError:
              pass
      if date is None:
          raise ValueError(f"Can't parse date: {date_str}")
      return date
  
imports: import re
  import datetime
  from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
  import sqlalchemy
  from mindsdb_sql import parse_sql, ParsingException
  from mindsdb.utilities.context import context
  from mindsdb.utilities.exception import EntityNotExistsError, EntityExistsError
  from mindsdb.interfaces.storage import db
  from mindsdb.interfaces.database.projects import ProjectController
  from mindsdb.interfaces.query_context.context_controller import query_context_controller
  from mindsdb.utilities import log
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the JobsController obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._parse_date(date_str) and returns: date, dt