def get_date(review):
    """
    Gets the date when the review got created.
    
    Parameters
    ----------------
    review : BeutifulSoup object
        The review from metacritic as a BeautifulSoup object.
        
    Returns
    ----------------
    date : string
        Returns the date of the review as a string.
        If the date cant get found, an empty string is returned.
    """
    try:
        date = review.find("span", class_="date").text
        if len(date) != 0:
            return date
        else:
            return ""
    except:
        return ""