get_date

Description:

public bool get_date (string meta_item, out Date dest)

Gets the current date value of the specified field of the meta container.

If the field does not have a set value, or it is of the wrong type, the method will fail.

Parameters:

this

A MetaContainer
meta_item

The key for the this field to get
dest

Destination into which the value under meta_item should be copied.

Returns:

true if the date value under meta_item was copied to dest.