Identify a range of cells containing dates

[RJSohn]

I need a formula that will identify a range of cells that contain dates
related to rows of data. (example: A1..A52 contain dates, find the las
3 months worth of entries, calculated from a cell that contains <today
functio

 

[Guest]

I need a formula that will identify a range of cells that contain dates,
related to rows of data. (example: A1..A52 contain dates, find the last
3 months worth of entries, calculated from a cell that contains <today>
function

One interp and an example to illustrate ..

Suppose we have real dates expected within say: A1:A1000, with corresponding
numeric values (eg sales figs) input within B1:B1000

Then if we want to calc a running total sales for the last 30 days
(inclusive today), we could put in say, C1:

=SUMPRODUCT(($A$1:$A$1000>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY())))*($A$1:$A$1000<=TODAY()),$B$1:$B$1000)

The core expression which determines the qualifying "range" of dates within
A1:A1000 is given by the part:

($A$1:$A$1000>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY())))*($A$1:$A$1000<=TODAY())

which evaluates to an array of 1's/0's depending on whether the dates
qualify or not

The "range" may be contiguous or discontiguous depending on whether the
inputs within A1:A1000 are sequentially made or not. This is immaterial in
the example application above.

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[Guest]

I need a formula that will identify a range of cells that contain dates,
related to rows of data. (example: A1..A52 contain dates, find the last
3 months worth of entries, calculated from a cell that contains <today>
function

One interp and an example to illustrate ..

Suppose we have real dates expected within say: A1:A1000, with corresponding
numeric values (eg sales figs) input within B1:B1000

Then if we want to calc a running total sales for the last 30 days
(inclusive today), we could put in say, C1:

=SUMPRODUCT(($A$1:$A$1000>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY())))*($A$1:$A$1000<=TODAY()),$B$1:$B$1000)

The core expression which determines the qualifying "range" of dates within
A1:A1000 is given by the part:

($A$1:$A$1000>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY())))*($A$1:$A$1000<=TODAY())

which evaluates to an array of 1's/0's depending on whether the dates
qualify or not

The "range" may be contiguous or discontiguous depending on whether the
inputs within A1:A1000 are sequentially made or not. This is immaterial in
the example application above.

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[Max]

Typo in earlier response just detected ..

Lines:

Then if we want to calc a running total sales for the last 30 days
(inclusive today), we could put in say, C1:

should have read as:

Then if we want to calc a running total sales for the last 3 months
(inclusive today), we could put in say, C1:

Formula's OK, though <g>

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