from datetime import date, timedelta

def days_diff(date1, date2):

"""

Find absolute diff in days between dates

"""

return abs(((date(*date1)-date(*date2)).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