span <- new_interval(as.POSIXct("2009-01-01"), as.POSIXct("2009-08-01")) #interval
# 211.9583 days beginning at 2009-01-01
as.duration(span)
# Time difference of 211.9583 days
as.duration(10) # numeric
# Time difference of 10 secs}
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