add another helper time function

modules/util/util.py

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ def get_time_tuple_utc(timestamp):
     return dt_obj, dt_obj.timetuple()
 
 
+def get_datetime_obj(dt_str, format_code='%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M'):
+    dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(dt_str, format_code).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    return dto
+
+
 def get_timestamp(dt_str, format_code='%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M'):
     dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(dt_str, format_code).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
     ts = dto.timestamp()