try:

=MIN(IF((A1:A8="Canada")*(B1:B8="Open")*ISNUMBER(C 1:C8),C1:C8))

"Qaspec" wrote:

The formula works except for the fact that unfortunately some of the records
have null values in the date field. How do I ignore those and find the oldest
entered date?
I'm assuming I keep returning 1/0/1900 because of the blank records.



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=MIN(IF((A1:A5="Canada")*(B1:B5="Open"),C1:C5))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.
Excel will automatically enclose the formula in braces (curly brackets), do
not try to do this manually.
When editing the formula, it must again be array-entered.

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HTH

Bob

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"Qaspec" wrote in message
...
I need to fiind the oldest date of an entry depending on the status of the
case.

A B C
Canada Open 6/25/07
Mexico Open 6/16/07
Brazil Open 6/1/07
Canada Open 6/19/07
Canada Closed 6/2/07

I need to be able find the oldest open date for Canada which would be
6/19/07
according to this example.