# Why do time quantities have to be integers?

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**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 13, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-time-quantities-have-to-be-integers/5864 "2017-09-13T08:52:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-time-quantities-have-to-be-integers/5864/41 "2017-09-22T23:37:07Z")

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Obviously Dates is a mess. What ever the bike shedding is, and it is, can we put someone on it? time representation seems crucial for a v1.0, does it not?

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