Manuscript accepted date is just one day after revision -- How to interpret? I was reading few journals (in Elsevier) in my field (Biology) and I noticed the time of acceptance period from the revised version is received "Received 8 November 2016; Received in revised form 17 April 2017; Accepted 18 April 2017". Does this mean that the revised manuscript received today is immediately the other day? Or is there any other interpretation for this?
Thanks!
These dates hide the intermediate revisions that have had happened during the whole process.

One possible time line could be:


Received 8 November 2016
First revision (Major) 12 February 2017
Second revision (Major) 18 March 2017
Third revision (Major/Minor) 17 April 2017
Accepted 18 April 2017


In few journals, two dates are also mentioned like this: Received 8 November 2016, First Revision received 12 February 2017, Second Revision Received 18 March 2017, Accepted 18 April 2017. It might also happen that the article gets accepted after first revision itself, if the revision is suggested as "Minor". Major revisions are usually followed by peer-review, which takes time.

It is mostly journal specific.