How do I extract a list of distinct dates from a table?

from deephaven import empty_table
from deephaven.time import to_j_instant

# Sample table with many rows and repeated dates across multiple timestamps
start_date = to_j_instant("2024-01-15T09:00:00 ET")

source = empty_table(50).update(
    [
        "Timestamp = start_date + (long)(i * HOUR)",
        "Date = toLocalDate(Timestamp, 'ET')",
        "Value = randomDouble(100.0, 500.0)",
    ]
)

# Get distinct dates - reduces 50 rows to just the unique dates
distinct_dates = source.select_distinct("Date")

from deephaven import numpy as dhnp
import numpy as np

# Convert to NumPy array
date_array = dhnp.to_numpy(distinct_dates)
print(f"Date array shape: {date_array.shape}")
print(f"First date: {date_array[0][0]}")

from deephaven import pandas as dhpd
import pandas as pd

# Convert to Pandas DataFrame
date_df = dhpd.to_pandas(distinct_dates)
print(f"DataFrame:\n{date_df}")

# Access as a Python list from the DataFrame
date_list = date_df["Date"].tolist()
print(f"Date list length: {len(date_list)}")