code: def make_date(dt, date_parser=parse_date):
      
      if not dt:
          return datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
      if isinstance(dt, basestring):
          dt = date_parser(dt)
      try:
          dt = dt.timetuple()[:3]
      except:
          dt = tuple(dt)[:3]
      return datetime.date(*dt)
docs: Coerce a datetime or string into datetime.date object
  
      Arguments:
        dt (str or datetime.datetime or atetime.time or numpy.Timestamp): time or date 
          to be coerced into a `datetime.time` object
  
      Returns:
        datetime.time: Time of day portion of a `datetime` string or object
  
      >>> make_date('')
      datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
      >>> make_date(None)
      datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
      >>> make_date("11:59 PM") == datetime.date.today()
      True
      >>> make_date(datetime.datetime(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59))
      datetime.date(1999, 12, 31)