=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A3<B1:B3))

Adjust your range to suit


"RobertK" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with 2 columns of dates (approximately 1200 rows) and
want the count in column A where the date is less than column B.

A B
1/2/09 1/8/09
4/5/08 5/6/07
5/6/09 9/5/08

In the above example the answer I'm looking for is 1.

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Robert K