The physical presence test is for the tax year. So if I'm understanding correctly, you are saying that you were physically outside the U.S. from Jan 1 - Apr 14 2017 and again from Aug 3 to Dec 31 2017. So you do not meet the requirement for the tax year for being outside of the U.S.

 

I qualified for the FEIE through the Physical presence test, April 10, 2016 - April 13, 2017. I met the 330/365 Physical Presence Test also between August 4, 2017 - August 3rd, 2018. In between April 13, 2017 and August 4, 2017, I was still overseas working as well but took two 20 day leave periods in the United States (1 in April, 1 in July). My question is that there are qualifying days in 2017 year in both periods. The way I read the 2555 instructions is that you can use any qualifying days in a tax year that fall within physical presence test dates.

Yes. I've done it before and again this year. It's covered the IRS instructions. If you were out for Jan-Aug and Nov-Dec in a given tax year, both periods can be excluded as long as each period individually meets the 330-day physical presence test. For example Jan-Aug qualifies based on Sep 2018-Aug 2019 and Nov-Dec qualifies based on Nov 2019-Oct 2020. 

Ok, but I don't see how to enter two physical presence time spans in turbotax?   I only see beginning date and an end date.  But I don't see a way to enter another set of dates?