Dealing with Date Ranges and Countifs function

I have a metric sheet that I am trying to pull data from another sheet.

I am trying to get counts by person that fall:

within 3 months

within 3-6 months

within 6-9 months

within 9-12 months

within 12 months.

I have done a few searches within the community, but I cannot wrap my head around this. Any thoughts?

Best Answer

  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    Give these a go…

    within 3 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell >= TODAY(), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 3, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 9, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 3-6 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 3, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 9, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 6, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 6, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 6-9 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 6, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 6, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 9, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 3, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 9-12 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 9, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 3, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONT(TODAY()), DAY(TODAY()))

    within 12 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell >= TODAY(), @cell <= DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()), DAY(TODAY()))))

Answers

  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Am I correct in assuming that you mean within # months of today's date?

  • Paul, yeah, # of months from today's date.

  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    Give these a go…

    within 3 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell >= TODAY(), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 3, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 9, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 3-6 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 3, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 9, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 6, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 6, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 6-9 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 6, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 6, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 9, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 3, DAY(TODAY())))))

    within 9-12 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell > IFERROR(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY()) + 9, DAY(TODAY())), DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()) - 3, DAY(TODAY()))), @cell <= DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONT(TODAY()), DAY(TODAY()))

    within 12 months:

    =COUNTIFS({Date Range}, AND(@cell >= TODAY(), @cell <= DATE(YEAR(TODAY()) + 1, MONTH(TODAY()), DAY(TODAY()))))

  • THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

    These worked like a charm. Note to anyone else who uses this - the 9-12 section is missing an "H" in Month!

  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy to help. 👍️

    Sorry about missing that H. It happened quite a few times when typing those out, but I seem to have missed that one. I think it may be time for a new keyboard. Haha.

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