/**
  * Gets the date.
  * Returns an empty string if the seminar record is a topic record.
  * Otherwise will return the date or a localized string "will be
  * announced" if there's no date set.
  *
  * Returns just one day if we take place on only one day.
  * Returns a date range if we take several days.
  *
  * @param string $dash the character or HTML entity used to separate start date and end date
  *
  * @return string the seminar date (or an empty string or a
  *                localized message)
  */
 public function getDate($dash = '–')
 {
     $result = '';
     if ($this->getRecordPropertyInteger('object_type') != tx_seminars_Model_Event::TYPE_TOPIC) {
         $result = parent::getDate($dash);
     }
     return $result;
 }