code: def parse_date(table_data):
          
          text = table_data.text.split('Added on ')
          # Then it's 'Added today'. Hacky
          if len(text) < 2:
              return date.today()
          # Looks like ['', 'Thursday, Mar 05, 2015']
          return datetime.strptime(text[1], Parser.DATE_STRPTIME_FORMAT).date()
docs: Static method that parses a given table data element with `Url.DATE_STRPTIME_FORMAT` and creates a `date` object from td's text contnet.
  
          :param lxml.HtmlElement table_data: table_data tag to parse
          :return: date object from td's text date
          :rtype: datetime.date