Formula to count number of dates older than today

[CW]

Hello!

Say today's date is 5/1/2007 and I have a column with dates that looks
like this:

DATE
4/27/2007
4/29/2007
4/30/2007
5/1/2007
5/2/2007
5/3/2007

I need a formula that will count the number of dates that are older
than today. For instance, for this list, the formula will output the
number 3.

I've tried COUNTIF and DCOUNT and I couldn't get either to work.

Any idea? Thanks.

-Mike

 

[JE McGimpsey]

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=COUNTIF(A1:A6,"<5/1/2007")

 

[Bob Phillips]

=COUNTIF(A:A,">"&TODAY())

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[CW]

See one answer in microsoft.public.excel

Please don't post the same message in multiple groups. It just fragments
any answers you get, and may waste the time of those answering questions
that have already been answered.

Thanks JE. I deleted my post from the other group.

 

[CW]

=COUNTIF(A:A,">"&TODAY())

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Bob

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Thanks everyone! It worked perfectly.

 

[Paul B]

Something like this,

=COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<"&TODAY())
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