Getting archive widget date from context object in ftl

Hi all,

I've been testing numerous calls over the past week or so and unable to figure out a way to get the data that i need. On the blog page, there is an archive widget, which allows you to select a month range for blogs to show. When you click a month of your choice, you get a url that is something similar to : .../blogpath/date/1-1-2015

What im trying to do i access the "1-1-2015" portion in ftl without having to use any hackery like string search, but rather through a more native method, like some context object that i dont know about. Is this possible? 

 

Thanks in advance.