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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 parse_isodate(datestr):
 """Parse a string that loosely fits ISO 8601 formatted date-time string """

    m = isodate_rx.search(datestr)
    assert m, 'unrecognized date format: ' + datestr
    year, month, day = m.group('year', 'month', 'day')
    hour, minute, second, fraction = m.group('hour', 'minute', 'second', 'fraction')
    tz, tzhh, tzmm = m.group('tz', 'tzhh', 'tzmm')
    dt = datetime.datetime(int(year), int(month), int(day), int(hour))
    if fraction is None:
        fraction = 0
    else:
        fraction = float('0.' + fraction)
    if minute is None:
        dt = dt.replace(minute=int(60 * fraction))
    else:
        dt = dt.replace(minute=int(minute))
        if second is None:
            dt = dt.replace(second=int(60 * fraction))
        else:
            dt = dt.replace(second=int(second), microsecond=int(1000000 * fraction))
    if tz is not None:
        if tz[0] == 'Z':
            offset = 0
        else:
            offset = datetime.timedelta(minutes=int(tzmm or 0), hours=int(tzhh))
            if tz[0] == '-':
                offset = -offset
        dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=UTCOffset(offset))
    return dt