def test_build_event(self):
        evt = event.build_event("evt_name", arg1="val1", arg2=None)
        assert evt.name == "evt_name"
        assert evt.args == {'arg1': "val1", 'arg2': None}
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