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Does "Last 30 days" include today or not?

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Ken Oyelaran Asked Mar 03, 2026
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Small thing that has been bothering me. I looked at Last 30 days this morning and then at Today, and the Today number doesn't appear to be inside the 30 day figure. Which is right? I want to know whether I am double counting when I quote both in the same sentence.

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D Dana from Keyword Ninja · Mar 03, 2026
You're not double counting. Last 30 days ends yesterday, and Today is separate. The reason it works that way: today is always incomplete and still moving, so including it in a 30 day total means the total changes every time you refresh and is never comparable to the 30 days before it. Ending yesterday gives you 30 whole days that can be compared against the previous 30. So if you want to say both in one sentence, "X over the last 30 days, plus Y so far today" is accurate. Worth knowing for the same reason: if you pick a custom range that ends today, that last day will be partial and will keep growing. Nothing is wrong when that happens, but it does make the last bar on a chart look like a collapse.
K Ken Oyelaran · Mar 04, 2026
That explains the cliff at the end of my chart that I have been quietly worrying about for a month.

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