from datetime import date, timedelta


def checkio(from_date: date, to_date: date) -> int:
    """
        Count the days of rest
    """
    plus_a_day = timedelta(days=1)
    count = 0
    while from_date != to_date:
        if from_date.weekday() == 5 or from_date.weekday() == 6:
            count += 1
        from_date += plus_a_day
    count += 1 if to_date.weekday() == 5 or to_date.weekday() == 6 else 0
    return count


# These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
if __name__ == '__main__':
    assert checkio(date(2013, 9, 18), date(2013, 9, 23)) == 2, "1st example"
    assert checkio(date(2013, 1, 1), date(2013, 2, 1)) == 8, "2nd example"
    assert checkio(date(2013, 2, 2), date(2013, 2, 3)) == 2, "3rd example"