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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 strptime(cls, data, format, scale=DEFAULT_SCALE):
 # pragma: no cover """Convert a string representation of a date to a Date object """

        return cls(datetime.strptime(data, format), scale=scale)