need to count the number of records between two specific dates. Dates are in
column i2:i3000. Need to know how many record falls into period 1 1/4/08 to
28/4/08 inclusive; period 2 29/4/08 to 26/5/08 inclusive etc? Any advice

=COUNTIF(I2:I300,"=01-04-2008")-COUNTIF(I2:I300,"28-04-2008")

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HTH

Bob

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"DK" wrote in message
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need to count the number of records between two specific dates. Dates are
in
column i2:i3000. Need to know how many record falls into period 1 1/4/08
to
28/4/08 inclusive; period 2 29/4/08 to 26/5/08 inclusive etc? Any advice

In Excel 2007:

Using cells to hold the date periods.

K2 = start date = 4/1/2008 (m/d/y)
L2 = end date = 4/28/2008 (m/d/y)

=COUNTIFS(I2:I3000,"="&K2,I2:I3000,"<="&L2)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"DK" wrote in message
...
need to count the number of records between two specific dates. Dates are
in
column i2:i3000. Need to know how many record falls into period 1 1/4/08
to
28/4/08 inclusive; period 2 29/4/08 to 26/5/08 inclusive etc? Any advice