WhenIs not returning expected value

Working on an Email Script Token, and it is not returning the expected value.

As best as I can tell from looking at examples this should return -3, but it is returning $date.whenIs($myDats).days instead.

The field in the custom object is defined as date

Current Date I am writing this : 2015-11-12

#foreach($loan_c in $loan_cList)

   #set($myDays = ${loan_c.sAPStatusDate})

   <tr>

      <td>${loan_c.sAPStatusDate}</td>

      <td>$date.whenIs($myDays).days</td>

   </tr>

#end

Output:

2015-11-09    $date.whenIs($myDays).days

Anyone have any idea why it is not displaying -3?