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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 datetime(self):
 """ Returns a datetime object of the month, day, year, and time the game was played. """

        date_string = '%s %s' % (self._date, self._year)
        date_string = re.sub(r' \(\d+\)', '', date_string)
        return datetime.strptime(date_string, '%A, %b %d %Y')