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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def date_key(cls, month_string):
 		""" 		Return a key suitable for sorting by month. 		True 		"""

		month, year = month_string.split(',')
		month_ord = cls.month_ordinal[month]
		return year, month_ord