# Dividing a number by the number of days between dates

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**Created:** [March 22, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dividing-a-number-by-the-number-of-days-between-dates/57728 "2021-03-22T15:25:53Z")\
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While the above works, depending on your application you might want to ensure that you are dividing by the number of trading days rather than calendar days, cf the discussion here: [Getting the third Friday of the month - #4 by lungben](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-the-third-friday-of-the-month/56787/4)

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