diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index d09b17d4b08307987f8705d227137e64bd9155c8..e9090c2c1e53f8715f0b5829dc3d0bb0e58dfdf8 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/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()