Countifs -Count no of times products have been sold on particular

[kje.1953]

I have tried a few methods but I am not getting the results I need. I am
trying to count how many products – any value (in column J) sold on a
particular date say 17/11/2008 (column H).

I used the following formula to count the number of times there is a value
in column L (for criteria of 12 mth) for anything with a date in column L
and got the results I expected, but when when i changed it to a date and
different range on same sheet I got no results.

=COUNTIFS($K$3:$K$398,"12 mth",$L$3:$L$398,">0") I got the number of times
I expected for this.

When I changed it to this formula I got no results, Why??
=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">18/11/08",J$3:J$398,">0")

 

[T. Valko]

Excel is kind of picky when you refer to a date in a formula and there's
also the issue of date ambiguity.

Try one of these:

=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">"&DATE(2008,11,18),J$3:J$398,">0")

Use a cell to hold the date:

A1 = some date

=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">"&A1,J$3:J$398,">0")

As a last resort (I don't like this method!):

=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">"&--"2008/11/18",J$3:J$398,">0")

 

[The Code Cage Team]

Sumproduct would be the way to go i think, this example has the dates i
column B and the items in column A:

=SUMPRODUCT((B1:B20=(--("17/11/2008")))*(A1:A20<>"")

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[T. Valko]

COUNTIFS is faster (calculation-wise)

 

[Bob Phillips]

Excel is kind of picky when you refer to a date in a formula and there's
also the issue of date ambiguity.

As a last resort (I don't like this method!):

=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">"&--"2008/11/18",J$3:J$398,">0")

You don't need the double unary and this ISO standard format is the best IMO

=COUNTIFS(H$3:H$398,">2008-11-18",J$3:J$398,">0")