Reentry permit and continuous residence

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“Continuous Residence” Example

• An applicant became a Permanent Resident on January 1, 1994.
• She lived in the United States for 3 years, then returned to her native country for 1 year and 3 months.
• She got a Re-entry Permit before leaving the United States so that she could keep her Permanent Resident status.
• The applicant re-entered the United States with Permanent Resident status on April 1, 1998.
  
  Question: When is the applicant eligible for naturalization?
  
  Answer: On April 2, 2002, 4 years and 1 day after she returned to the United States. The last 364 days the applicant was out of the United States count toward her time as a Permanent Resident in “continuous residence,” but the 3 years in the United States before leaving do not.

Does this mean that time spent outside the country WITH reentry permit counts towards your total for naturalization purposes? I just spent six months outside the country on the reentry permit; does that count towards my total or not?