code: def parse(string: str, timezone=None, *, strict=False) -> DateTime:
      """
      Parse a time string and return an aware datetime.
  
      :param string: time string
      :param timezone: the timezone
      :param strict: if False, it will fall back on the dateutil parser if unable to parse with pendulum
      """
      from airflow.settings import TIMEZONE
  
      return pendulum.parse(
          string, tz=timezone or TIMEZONE, strict=strict
      )
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  import datetime
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, overload
  import pendulum
  from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
  from pendulum.datetime import DateTime
label_desc: Use image node_id 14 for calling a global function with example usage: parse(string, timezone) and returns: pendulum