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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_json_date(value):
 """ Parses an ISO8601 formatted datetime from a string value """

    if not value:
        return None

    return datetime.datetime.strptime(value, JSON_DATETIME_FORMAT).replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)