class_docstr: Handle conversion from format directives to regexes.
class_docstr_tok: ["Handle","conversion","from","format","directives","to","regexes","."]
docstr: Return a compiled re object for the format string.
docstr_tok: ["Return","a","compiled","re","object","for","the","format","string","."]
code: def compile(self, format):
      """Return a compiled re object for the format string."""
      return re_compile(self.pattern(format), IGNORECASE)
  
imports: import time
  import locale
  import calendar
  from re import compile
  from re import IGNORECASE
  from re import escape
  from datetime import date, timedelta, timezone
  from _thread import allocate_lock
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling the TimeRE obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.compile(format) and returns: re_compile