def insert(self, doc, synced=False):
        doc.id = self.get_next_id()
        doc.synced = synced
        try:
            self.db.docs.insert(doc)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return doc
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