jbkeefer on "WP_Query on post custom date field and delete posts."

Please take a look at the following. This bit of code looks to schedule an event that deletes posts that contain a date in the form of post meta data on a daily basis.

The event get scheduled properly but the script is not deleting the posts as intended.

Here is the part that needs a more experienced eye. Most say it looks fine, but it is ot working.

NOTE: i have dates stored the yyyy-mm-dd format and posts certainly have the custom field attached.

function expired_post_delete() {

$todays_date = the_date('Y-m-d');

$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'posts_per_page' => -1,
		'meta_key' => 'date',
		'meta_query' => array(
			array(
				'key' => 'date',
				'value' => $todays_date,
				'type' => 'DATE',
				'compare' => '<'
				)
		)
);
     $posts = new WP_Query( $args );

	//  Cycle through each Post ID
    	foreach( $posts as $post) {
    	wp_delete_post($post_id);
	}
}