parameters: (self, name)
return_statement: return parsedate(data)
docstring: Retrieve a date field from a header.
  
          Retrieves a date field from the named header, returning a tuple
          compatible with time.mktime().
docstring_summary: Retrieve a date field from a header.
docstring_tokens: Retrieve a date field from a header .
function: def getdate(self, name):
          """Retrieve a date field from a header.
  
          Retrieves a date field from the named header, returning a tuple
          compatible with time.mktime().
          """
          try:
              data = self[name]
          except KeyError:
              return None
          return parsedate(data)
function_tokens: def getdate ( self , name ) : try : data = self [ name ] except KeyError : return None return parsedate ( data )