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Hello All, i know this thread is a bit old, i have a similar sort of question, appreciate it if someone can respond back. I am planning to sign the application Jan 11th.

My eligibility period is between 11th Jan 2018 to 10th Jan 2023

In my scenario i had left Canada on 7th Nov 2017 and returned back on 9th September 2018 and similar to the user above i recieved a similar message stating that "An absence you have entered is partially or completely outside the relevant five-year period. Please check that the dates are correct.". So should i be inputting the day as 11th Jan 2018 in the From Field and i can mention that the actual date i left canada was 7th Nov 2017, since it lies outside the eligibility period i had inputted in 11th Jan 2018
 
I think calculator is smart, even if you enter the date before eligibility period it ignores the number of days outside of eligibility period. The message we see is just an alert to make sure it is correct.