The phrase "get a date for" is correct and usable in written English.
For example: "I'm trying to get a date for the school dance next week."
Will the geek get a date for the prom?
Next week Turkey will accelerate its efforts to get a date for beginning talks with the union about membership.
Harry is an author with writer's block who can't get a date for a ceremony honoring him.
If you can't get a date for the closing night of the New York Film Festival you can always bring your laptop.
NYU faced this challenge last May; one member of the search committee likened it to trying to get a date for "the wallflower at the prom".
It ruins their hopes for economic development, and it's hurtful, like discovering that your beloved daughter can't get a date for the prom.
Myhrvold, however, chose to address paleontological mysteries; namely, dinosaurs — "how they got a date, for example".
You identify as bisexual because you think it will double your chances of getting a date for Saturday night.
If it were human, it would have a terrible time getting a date, for it is bland, boring and overweight.
