» Avoiding False Results when Counting Dates Matching Specified Criteria
CATEGORY - Excel Date & Time Formulas
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
Column A contains dates formatted as "mm/dd/yyyy".
When using the following COUNTIF formula to count the number of dates after April 1st, 2005:
=COUNTIF(A2:A6,">"&--"04/01/05")
A false result of 4 was returned.
Solution 1:
To avoid any format related problems, use the COUNTIF and DATE functions as shown in the following formula:
=COUNTIF(A2:A6,">"&DATE(2005,4,1))
Solution 2:
Use the COUNTIF function as shown in the following formula:
=COUNTIF(A2:A6,">"&--"2005-04-01")
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