code: def make_date(obj: Union[date, datetime, Text], timezone: tzinfo=None):
      
  
      if isinstance(obj, datetime):
          if hasattr(obj, 'astimezone') and timezone:
              obj = obj.astimezone(timezone)
          return obj.date()
      elif isinstance(obj, date):
          return obj
      elif isinstance(obj, str):
          return make_date(parse_date(obj), timezone)
docs: A flexible method to get a date object.
  
      It accepts either an ISO 8601 date/time string, either a Python `datetime`,
      either a Python `date`.
  
      If the input is a date/time and a timezone is specified, the resulting
      date object will be in the specified time zone.