hi all,

i wonder if anyone can help me with a formula i want to create.

in column A i have names of products, and in column B i have the date (sell
by date, for example).

how can i create a formula to count the number of a specific product that
has a data equal or above the current date (or a specific date)?

e.g. count the number of bananas that have a date greater or equal than
todays's date (18/01/05) = 2

A B
Bananas 01/04/05
Apples 05/06/05
Apples 28/02/05
Oranges 04/03/05
Bananas 14/01/05
Bananas 22/02/05
Apples 16/01/05

ps: these dates are in uk format - dd/mm/yy !!

thanks to anyone who can help