# 0.7.0 Dates: how to dsipaly only values , without "days" for diff()?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028 "2018-09-16T17:28:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028/1 "2018-09-16T17:28:13Z")

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0.7.0 Dates: how to dsipaly only values , without “days” for diff() ? (diff(daty)).value not works.

julia\> (Date.(dane[1,1])-Date.(dane[4,1])).value  
-90

julia\> (diff(daty)).value  
ERROR: type Array has no field value  
Stacktrace:  
[1] getproperty(::Any, ::Symbol) at .\sysimg.jl:18

julia\> (diff(daty))  
95-element Array{Day,1}:  
31 days  
28 days  
31 days  
30 days  
Paul

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028/2 "2018-09-16T17:42:13Z")

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Dates.value should do it.

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**Author:** ![cstjean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cstjean/32/1444_2.png) [@cstjean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cstjean)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028/3 "2018-09-16T18:04:35Z")

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I like to use `Day(20) / Day(1)`. It’s more consistent, unit-wise, than `Dates.value`.

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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028/4 "2018-09-16T18:06:31Z")

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> [@yakir12](#):
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> Dates.value

Yesss…  
Dates.value.(diff(daty))  
works!  
Thx, Paul

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/0-7-0-dates-how-to-dsipaly-only-values-without-days-for-diff/15028/5 "2018-09-16T19:30:21Z")

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> [@cstjean](#):
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> `Day(20) / Day(1)`

`Day(20) ÷ Day(1)` is slightly better because it preserves the Integer type.