That is a bit difficult as a date is just a number, so testing the value 1
would say that is a valid date.

This formula counts the cells A1:A10 that have numbers that equate to dates
between 1st Jan 2000 and today. Adjust to suit

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(MATCH(ROW(INDIRECT(--"2000-01-01"&":"&TODAY())),A1:A10,0)))

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HTH

Bob


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Can anyone advise how to count the number of cells containing dates in the
range A1:A1000. Is there a condition I can use in COUNTIF?

If it helps, the dates are customer formatted as dd.mm.yy

Many thanks,

Jason