from datetime import datetime


def _parse_publishing_date(string):
	"""
	Parses the publishing date string and returns the publishing date
	as datetime.
	
	Input example (without quotes): "Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:11:56 +0100"
	"""
	
	return datetime.strptime(string,"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0100")