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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_date(table_data):
 """ Static method that parses a given table data element with `Url.DATE_STRPTIME_FORMAT` and creates a `date` object from td's text contnet. :param lxml.HtmlElement table_data: table_data tag to parse :return: date object from td's text date :rtype: datetime.date """

        text = table_data.text.split('Added on ')
        # Then it's 'Added today'. Hacky
        if len(text) < 2:
            return date.today()
        # Looks like ['', 'Thursday, Mar 05, 2015']
        return datetime.strptime(text[1], Parser.DATE_STRPTIME_FORMAT).date()