Thread:Nightlily/@comment-2153169-20170817100718/@comment-91424-20170819003157

About the first part: No, I don't think we can... If I were to read that and I wasn't very familiar with the timeline (which many viewers aren't), I would think, "Yeah, how do they know that it's the first Saturday after Emma came to SB? Why can't it be the second, for example?"

About the second part: It is possible she arrived in SB after midnight, on October 23, but whether she arrived before or after midnight doesn't really matter. The point is that she decided to stay there the day after her birthday (this is confirmed in dialogue - Emma says to Regina, "Yesterday was my birthday and when I blew out the candle on this cupcake I bought myself, I actually made a wish. That I didn't have to be alone on my birthday. And then, Henry showed up.").