=MATCH(--"2002-01-08",A1:A1000,0)

or if the test date in B1

=MATCH(B1,A1:A1000,0)

If in VBA

myVar = Application.MATCH(DateSerial(2005,1,8),Value,
Range("A1:A1000"),0)

myVar = Application.MATCH(Range("B1").Value, Range("A1:A1000"),0)



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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Pradip Jain" wrote in message
...
I have a range of dates in column A. i want to search for a date and
return
its row number. What code should i use.
Suppose i want to know the row number of date 1/8/2002. Same is contained
in
cell A9. The code should return 9.

Thanks
Pradip