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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 date(self, col: str, **kwargs):
 """ Convert a column to date type :param col: column name :type col: str :param \*\*kwargs: keyword arguments for ``pd.to_datetime`` :type \*\*kwargs: optional :example: ``ds.date("mycol")`` """

        try:
            self.df[col] = pd.to_datetime(self.df[col], **kwargs)
        except Exception as e:
            self.err(e, "Can not convert to date")