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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_timestamp(x):
 """Parse ISO8601 formatted timestamp."""

    dt = dateutil.parser.parse(x)
    if dt.tzinfo is None:
        dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
    return dt