Let's play

[AAllan at AOL.COM]

Here's a question I need help in answering:

>>I am trying to find out when "play date" first began to be used for a
meeting
arranged for children to play.  I've looked in all of our dictionaries here,
and
the few ones which DO have the term only define the broadcasting sense ("the
play date for so-and-so is 8 pm on August 15th").<<

Thanks - Allan Metcalf