Sumproduct Date clarification
From what I read in the newspapers, that isn't always a good thing <vvbg.
Bob Phillips wrote:
I agree, just on a crusade to get Americans to think worldwide <bg
Bob
"Biff" wrote in message
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That's a good point, Bob.
I myself would not use that expression in a formula. I just don't like the
way it looks! I would use a cell to hold the date or use the Date function
in the formula.
I was just showing the OP how it could be done using the date string.
Biff
"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Mr Biff,
Love to see you coercing a date with the unary operator, but could I
suggest
that you use the form
=SUMPRODUCT(((register01532!$b$7:$b$401=--"2006-01-01")
it removes all ambiguites with dates re mm/dd or dd/mm formats.
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Biff" wrote in message
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Hi!
Question is: Why did I have to use the Date function in one formula
and
not
the other?
You didn't have to use the Date function. In the one formula you're
referencing a cell that holds the date.
In the below formula:
=sumproduct(((register01532!$b$7:$b$401=1/1/06)...
You have what *YOU* think is a date but Excel sees 1 divided by 1
divided
by
6.
Try it this way:
=sumproduct(((register01532!$b$7:$b$401=--"1/1/2006")
Biff
"Walter Mayes" wrote in message
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In one of my spreadsheets I have a sumproduct formula that looks
down
a
column of dates and returns 7 day totals for certain items. Works
great.
The formula is, in part:
=sumproduct(((meter readings!a$4:$a$1064p$4).........
Column A contains =b4. Both columns, A and B, are formatted as dates:
I.E.
04/03/06 P4 is also formatted as a date I.E. 3-Apr-06
In another spreadsheet I was setting up a formula to get quarterly
totals. Same basic idea as the above formula. My formula is/was, in
part:
=sumproduct(((register01532!$b$7:$b$401=1/1/06)...
Column B formatted as dates. This would not work. Returned nothing
but
0's.
By modifying the formula to .....=date(2006,1,1)).... it worked.
Question is: Why did I have to use the Date function in one
formula
and
not the other?
Walter Mayes
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Dave Peterson
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