Python string to Django timezone (aware datetime)

I know this is old but maybe will be helpful since I got into this situation as well:

What about using make_aware() ?

from datetime import datetime
from django.utils.timezone import make_aware

date="22-05-2018"
aware = make_aware(datetime.strptime(date, '%d-%m-%Y'))

This will use the currently active timezone (activated by timezone.activate). If no timezone is activated explicitly, it would use the default timezone — TIME_ZONE specified in settings.py.