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You would have to ask them what their policy is for reporting lates to the CRAs. Some of them do not report until you are 2 payments late, some report at 30.
If your account has a grace period they should not report it late at all.
No, you shouldn't be dinged for the late. Late fees, probably.
There's some debate in here as to what leads to a 30 day, but at the very least, most CCs have a 25 day grace period in that you have 25 days to pay from the statement date. Being one day late and paying 26 days later won't lead to a late.
Since cleaning up my act, I was late one time. Target had a cut-off time of 4:00pm. I totally forgot and paid at 4:10pm, 10 minutes late. The next day they hit me with a late fee, which I was late; they had previously spelled out the terms. But I never got hit with the late and they refunded the late fee without asking within a couple of days.
You are not late, for FICO purposes, until 30 days after the billing due date.
You may incur late fees for paying after the billing due date, but wont incur a hit on your CR unless not paid within 30-days of the due date.