user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What date did Essendon play as the home team?
Columns: ['Home team', 'Home team score', 'Away team', 'Away team score', 'Venue', 'Crowd', 'Date']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'text']
Sample row: ['Geelong', '13.11 (89)', 'Richmond', '16.11 (107)', 'Kardinia Park', 11000.0, '17 August 1946']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Date" FROM "Table" WHERE "Home team" = 'Essendon';