This brown bear population only occurs on the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago (Kodiak, Afognak, Shuyak, Raspberry, Uganik, Sitkalidak, and adjacent islands).
The possession date, usually the same as the settlement date, is the day that you will take possession of the house. It is also known as the settlement date because it is the day you pay for the house, and this process of transferring money is known as settlement. This date can be determined by a number of things.
Thus, if you sell your house in February 2005, you can still claim it as your principal residence for purposes of taking the exclusion, as long as you lived in the house for two years between February 2000 and the date of sale.