Give this a try and see if it works for you.

=COUNTIF(Sheet1!A1:A6,"01-09-2006")

It looks at sheet1 at the range of cells A1 to A6, then if 01-09-2006 is in
the cell it counts only those cells.

"numbernine" wrote:

Hi

i got some problem with excel.

My 1st spreadsheet - No of appointment
Date Status Country
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01-09-2006 Accepted ABC
01-09-2006 Accepted ABC
01-09-2006 Accepted ABC
01-09-2006 Accepted 123
01-09-2006 Accepted ABC
02-09-2006 Accepted ABC
02-09-2006 Accepted ABC

My 2nd spread sheet
Country Update

ABC 01-09-06 02-09-06
Appointment 4



Tis are roughly my spreadsheet , how am i able to count the number of
appointment on the 01-09-06 and computed on those the 2nd spreadsheet that
particular cell ??

Thank alot for the help .