search_dates is...

[cysabi]

>>> from dateparser.search import search_dates
>>> search_dates("May 31, 8AM UTC")
[
  ('May 31', datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 31, 0, 0)),
  ('8AM UTC', datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 31, 0, 0, tzinfo=<StaticTzInfo 'UTC'>))
]
>>> 

[cysabi]

I believe I found the issue here, changing 8AM to 8:00AM does the trick.

the :00 should really be optional if am / pm is detected after the number