title: How to convert a Date string to a DateTime object?
body: <p>I have following date:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2005-08-11T16:34:33Z
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need to know if this is date is before or after <em>datetime(2009,04,01)</em> and I can't seem to find a method that will convert that string to something that lets me compare it to <em>datetime(2009,04,01)</em> in a meaningful way.</p>