title: Elixir: string to datetime
body: <p>Anyone have any luck with a <code>String</code> to <code>DateTime</code> kinda function in Elixir or Phoenix? The <a href="http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/elixir/DateTime.html" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a> has nothing like a <code>parse/1</code> function.</p>
  
  <p>Preferably from a string that looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>08/02/2016 6:15 PM
  </code></pre>