Try:

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A100=D1)*(A1:A100<=E1)+(A1:A100=" ")*
(B1:B100=D1)*(B1:B100<=E1))

where D1 = start date, E1 = end date.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
I have a spreadsheet that has 2 columns of date ranges.
I want to refer to the first column and count how many
entries meet a
specific date range criteria. If there is no entry in
the first column, I
want to refer to column 2 to see if the range matches.
Can somebody help????
Thanks
.