# Functions to merge DataFrames by nearest date that is earlier?

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**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** dataframes\
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/functions-to-merge-dataframes-by-nearest-date-that-is-earlier/73195 "2021-12-16T10:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/functions-to-merge-dataframes-by-nearest-date-that-is-earlier/73195/3 "2021-12-16T13:36:46Z")

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Similar previous discussion here:

> [@Fuzzy inexact merge](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fuzzy-inexact-merge/43666/4):
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> This is not apparent to me from the code — sorry if I missed something.

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