Why inclusive vs exclusive date counting matters for stay totals

If you arrive on Monday and leave on Friday, is that five days or four? Authorities and internal policies differ. Some regimes count both endpoints; some exclude one or both. When your tool shows multiple columns (including both ends, start only, end only, excluding both), you can match the convention your situation requires.

Mixing methods across trips is worse than picking a “wrong” method consistently. Auditors and advisers look for coherent methodology. Export or screenshot your settings so your report matches your data.

Long weekends and red-eye flights are where mistakes creep in. Record the calendar dates of presence in the country, not just flight departure cities, unless your adviser tells you otherwise.

Period filters should clip stays to the reporting window without deleting underlying trips—so you can reuse the same ledger for “all time” and for “this tax year.”