# How to get the days since some time using groovy script?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-days-since-some-time-using-groovy-script/22058>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 10, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-days-since-some-time-using-groovy-script/22058 "2015-02-10T09:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Youxu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/youxu/32/117375_2.png) [@Youxu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Youxu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-days-since-some-time-using-groovy-script/22058/1 "2015-02-10T09:40:03Z")

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Say, I have a field with date type, I know I can get the total million  
seconds of the date since the epoch by doc['date'].date.getMillis(), but is  
there a function to get the total days directly?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-days-since-some-time-using-groovy-script/22058/2 "2017-07-06T00:33:58Z")

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