# Why do time quantities have to be integers?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-time-quantities-have-to-be-integers/5864>\
**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 24, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-time-quantities-have-to-be-integers/5864/49 "2017-09-24T23:41:10Z")

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