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import datetime
def days_diff(date1, date2):
days = (datetime.datetime(*date2) - datetime.datetime(*date1)).days
if days < 0:
return -days
return days
if __name__ == '__main__':
# These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for
# auto-testing
assert days_diff((1982, 4, 19), (1982, 4, 22)) == 3
assert days_diff((2014, 1, 1), (2014, 8, 27)) == 238
assert days_diff((2014, 8, 27), (2014, 1, 1)) == 238