updated Holiday.dates() to use difference method

sharkipelago · sharkipelago · commit bdbb555af4bb · 2025-06-10T10:03:07.000-04:00
diff --git a/pandas/tseries/holiday.py b/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
@@ -340,10 +340,7 @@ def dates(
         ]
 
         if self.exclude_dates:
-            holiday_dates = DatetimeIndex(
-                [hd for hd in holiday_dates if hd not in self.exclude_dates]
-            )
-
+            holiday_dates = holiday_dates.difference(self.exclude_dates)
         if return_name:
             return Series(self.name, index=holiday_dates)
         return holiday_dates
