MIN MAX Question

DHayes

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Good day,
I have a question that is got me a bit stymied. What I am doing is find the earliest and the latest date. The MIN formula is done completely different to the MAX formula. What I don't understand is why I cannot use the same formula for both Scenarios. If swap the formula's around I get the incorrect outputs but the two differences work 100% for thier respective outputs.
MIN Formula
Code:
{=MIN(INDEX(Contracts!$F$1:$F$10000,MATCH(B2&A2,Contracts!$C$1:$C$10000&Contracts!$E$1:$E$10000,0)))}
MAX fromula
Code:
{=MAX(IF((Contracts!$C$1:$C$10000=B2)*(Contracts!$E$1:$E$10000=A2),Contracts!$U$1:$U$10000,0))}
 

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=MIN(IF(Contracts!$C$1:$C$10000=B2,IF(Contracts!$E$1:$E$10000=A2,Contracts!$U$1:$U$10000)))

=MAX(IF(Contracts!$C$1:$C$10000=B2,IF(Contracts!$E$1:$E$10000=A2,Contracts!$U$1:$U$10000)))

For faster calculations, use MINIFS and MAXIFS you have them.
 
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