=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A100="Joe"),--(B2:B100=--"2005-005-05"))

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"Farrel" wrote in message
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I'm trying to count how many times a specific name appears on a date range
I have column "A" with Names and column "B" with Dates
For example I want to know how many "Joe" I have on May/05
Txs