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from six import string_types
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil.parser import parse

def str2dt(t):
    """
    Converts times in string or list of strings to datetime(s)

    output: datetime
    """
    if isinstance(t, datetime):
        return t
    elif isinstance(t, string_types):
        t = parse(t)
    elif t is not None:
        t = [parse(T) for T in t]

    return t
