def load(self):
        if os.path.exists(self.path):
            with open(self.path, 'r') as f:
                self.body_labels = collections.OrderedDict(json.load(f))
def get_date(self, p_tag):
        """ Given a date tag, return a date object. """
        string = self.tag_value(p_tag)
        result = None

        try:
            result = date_string_to_date(string) if string else None
        except ValueError:
            pass

        return result