You can simplify that by using

=SUMPRODUCT(--(TEXT(B2:B1000,"mmm")=A1))

or to guard against if A1 could be either Sep or September


=SUMPRODUCT(--(TEXT(B2:B1000,REPT("m",MIN(4,LEN(A1))))=A1))


note that blank cells score as January so to test for a numerical date in B
might be a good idea



=SUMPRODUCT(--(TEXT(B2:B1000,REPT("m",MIN(4,LEN(A1))))=A1),--(ISNUMBER(B2:B1000)))





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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom






"Joel" wrote in message
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Topper: I think you got it close. We need to convert sept to the number
9.
Putting it in a datevalue function will get this result.


=SUMPRODUCT(--(MONTH(B2:B1000)=MONTH(DATEVALUE("1-"&A1&"-07"))))

"Toppers" wrote:

Not sure what exactly you require but ....

=SUMPRODUCT(--(month(B2:B1000)=9))

will give number of dates in B which are September

HTH

"TDW" wrote:

I need to count the number of cells that have dates in them based on
the
month which is listed in column A (months are listed as sept, oct, Nov)
How
can I do this??