# Three Days and Three Nights

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886 "2012-09-26T14:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![rstrats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rstrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rstrats)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886/41 "2013-01-20T17:18:45Z")

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Since it appears that the folks who frequent the Straight Dope message boards are not going to know of an example asked for in the OP, I shall move on and not take up anymore bandwidth with this topic.

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**Author:** ![rstrats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rstrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rstrats)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886/42 "2016-09-15T10:50:53Z")

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Since this topic is not allowed on Straight Dope, it should be closed.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886/43 "2016-09-15T11:45:55Z")

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I don’t know if it’s relevant to OP but for purpose of the U.S. Tax Code, spending even one minute of a day on or over international waters means that for the entire 24-hour day you cannot be considered “physically not present in the U.S.” for purpose of the earned income tax exemption.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-and-three-nights/635886/44 "2016-09-15T14:44:20Z")

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> [@rstrats](#):
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> Since this topic is not allowed on Straight Dope, it should be closed.

**Moderating**

Of course the topic is allowed, but since this old thread has been bumped pointlessly I’m going to close it.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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