you’ll like this
using Dates, NanoDates
const Time0 = NanoDate(DateTime(1970,1,1)) # UNIX
millis2nanodate(millis::Millisecond) = Time0 + millis
millis_today = Millisecond( now() - Time0)
millis_lastyear = Millisecond( (now() - Year(1)) - Time0)
today = millis2nanodate(millis_today)
lastyear = millis2nanodate(millis_lastyear)
typeof(today), typeof(lastyear)