Forgot this bit:
julia> using Datetime
On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:03:16 PM UTC-4, Rick Graham wrote:
>
> Your formatting isn't completely clear to me, but this may help.
>
> julia> my_date_strs=["20130628,2","20130701,3","19970224,4","19990230,5"]
> 4-element Array{ASCIIString,1}:
> "20130628,2"
> "20130701,3"
> "19970224,4"
> "19990230,5"
>
>
> julia> my_dates=[date(my_d[1:4]*"-"*my_d[5:6]*"-"*my_d[7:8]) for my_d
> inmy_date_strs
> ]
> 4-element Array{Date{C<:Calendar},1}:
> 2013-06-28
> 2013-07-01
> 1997-02-24
> 1999-03-02
>
>
> julia> diff(my_dates)
> 3-element Array{Any,1}:
> 3 days
> -5971 days
> 736 days
>
>
> julia> my_dates[2]-my_dates[1]
> 3
>
>
> julia> my_dates[2]-my_dates[1] |> typeof
> Day{ISOCalendar}
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