One way is to use 2 SUMIFs, something like this:
=SUMIF(Date,"="& -- "2 Jan 2008",Cost)-SUMIF(Date,"="& -- "8 Jan 2008",Cost)
Above expression will return the cost totals for dates from 2 Jan 2008 to 7
Jan 2008 (inclusive). Adapt to suit.
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"John" wrote:
Hi,

Please help as I am slowly going mad - I know there must be a simple
solution to the problem but I have lost the plot trying to find it!

I have a simple sheet with 2 defined columns - Cost(A:A:) & Date (B:B:).

I am trying to produce a simple formula that will total the costs from when
given a date range.

I have named cells "from" & "to" for the date criteria to entered and have
used the SUMIF to try to calculate as required.

=SUMIF(Date,"<=FromTo",Cost) - This does not work!

If I change the formula as follows then it will return the correct values

=SUMIF(Date,"<=01/03/20008",Cost)

but I cannot get it to accept the defined names for the criteria, nor to
calculate using 2 criteria.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am actually quite fond of my
laptop and don't really want to throw it across the room!!
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John