# Days and Nights for a weekend

**URL:** <https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189>\
**Category:** Internet Advancement\
**Created:** [July 22, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189 "2021-07-22T14:27:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Matt.Johnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/matt.johnson/32/23672_2.png) [@Matt.Johnson](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Matt.Johnson)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/1 "2021-07-22T14:27:39Z")

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Normally I would consider a “standard” weekend campout 2 days and 2 nights. IA details to 3 days and 2 nights due to start and finish dates. I have entered these as manual 2 and 2. Now that our advancement coordinator is entering these, she leaves it at the default 3&2.

What do others do?

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**Author:** ![SteveCagigas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/stevecagigas/32/2606_2.png) [@SteveCagigas](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/SteveCagigas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/2 "2021-07-22T14:39:54Z")

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I do three days + two nights for a standard weekend. I count Friday and Sunday as full days, since all the “hard” work of the campout – setting up and tearing down camp – happens then.

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**Author:** ![edavignon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/edavignon/32/16_2.png) [@edavignon](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/edavignon)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/3 "2021-07-22T14:43:30Z")

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I typically don’t worry about days for a campout since rank, camping MB and OA eligibility refer to nights.

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**Author:** ![Matt.Johnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/matt.johnson/32/23672_2.png) [@Matt.Johnson](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Matt.Johnson)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/4 "2021-07-22T14:55:00Z")

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Great point. The activity report defaults to only showing nights since this is the “main” measurement. So, we don’t have to be diligent on splitting hairs on days. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![SageLichtenwalner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@SageLichtenwalner](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/SageLichtenwalner)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/5 "2021-07-22T16:42:48Z")

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I think the value of counting days comes down to…

1. Are you interested in the number of days in a calendar year you spend some time camping?
2. Or do you need to calculate the number of camping hours you’re putting in to make sure you’re collecting your full scouting salary?

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**Author:** ![SteveCagigas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/stevecagigas/32/2606_2.png) [@SteveCagigas](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/SteveCagigas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/6 "2021-07-22T16:45:26Z")

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They’d have to double my Scouting salary to catch up with my camping days. 😁

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**Author:** ![JenniferOlinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@JenniferOlinger](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JenniferOlinger)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/days-and-nights-for-a-weekend/244189/7 "2021-07-22T17:20:25Z")

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Tracking the number of “days” is relevant for the [Backpacking merit badge](https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Backpacking.pdf). I think everything else tracks “nights”.