Need some help with some formulas to count dates

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I have the following data set:

Final SubmissionInitial Start
6/5/20146/3/2014
6/19/20146/13/2014
6/26/20146/2/2014
6/26/20146/2/2014
7/17/20146/17/2014
7/14/20147/14/2014
7/2/20147/2/2014
7/24/20147/2/2014
7/30/20147/2/2014
8/5/20147/29/2014
8/22/20148/15/2014
8/22/20148/13/2014
9/2/2014
7/9/2014
6/26/2014
7/23/2014
7/9/2014
7/9/2014
7/29/2014

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</tbody>



I need 4 formulas to crunch the following stats:
1.) Count the number of cases where the dates in the 2nd column are 2 month's behind the month of today, along with adjacent dates in the 1st column that are 1 month behind the month of today.
2.) Count the number of cases where the dates in the 2nd column are 1 month behind the month of today, along with adjacent dates in the 1st column that are 1 month behind the month of today.
3.) Count the number of cases where the dates in the 2nd column are 2 month's behind the month of today, along with adjacent dates in the 1st column that are blank.
4.) Count the number of cases where the dates in the 2nd column are 1 month behind the month of today, along with adjacent dates in the 1st column that are blank.
 

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I think I understand your request. If not give me some examples of what the results should be.

Excel 2010
ABCDEFGH
1Final SubmissionInitial Start
26/5/20146/3/2014Criteria 1Criteria 2Criter ia 3Criteria 4
36/19/20146/13/20141250
46/26/20146/2/2014
56/26/20146/2/2014
67/17/20146/17/2014
77/14/20147/14/2014
87/2/20147/2/2014
97/24/20147/2/2014
107/30/20147/2/2014
118/5/20147/29/2014
128/22/20148/15/2014
138/22/20148/13/2014
149/2/2014
157/9/2014
166/26/2014
17
187/23/2014
197/9/2014
207/9/2014
217/29/2014

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Sheet1​

Worksheet Formulas
CellFormula
E3=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))
F3=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))
G3=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))
H3=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))

<thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>
 
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Your understanding correctly, and your same results are correct. But the formulas are not working.

skywriter said:
I think I understand your request. If not give me some examples of what the results should be.

Excel 2010
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
1
Final Submission
Initial Start
2
6/5/2014
6/3/2014
Criteria 1
Criteria 2
Criter ia 3
Criteria 4
3
6/19/2014
6/13/2014
1
2
5
4
6/26/2014
6/2/2014
5
6/26/2014
6/2/2014
6
7/17/2014
6/17/2014
7
7/14/2014
7/14/2014
8
7/2/2014
7/2/2014
9
7/24/2014
7/2/2014
10
7/30/2014
7/2/2014
11
8/5/2014
7/29/2014
12
8/22/2014
8/15/2014
13
8/22/2014
8/13/2014
14
9/2/2014
15
7/9/2014
16
6/26/2014
17
18
7/23/2014
19
7/9/2014
20
7/9/2014
21
7/29/2014

<TBODY>
</TBODY>
Sheet1​

Worksheet Formulas
Cell
Formula
E3
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))
F3
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))
G3
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))
H3
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))

<TBODY>
</TBODY>


<TBODY>
</TBODY>
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But the formulas are not working.
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The results you see are from the formulas, not hand typed. If you are typing the formulas in manually there may be a syntax error. I would suggest copying and pasting the formulas and then just changing the cell references. If you want to copy the formulas be careful to set the relative and absolute references to match your needs.

Maybe these will copy and paste better than the html maker examples.

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))
 
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Nah still not working right. I'm getting a result of 0 for all the formulas.

skywriter said:
The results you see are from the formulas, not hand typed. If you are typing the formulas in manually there may be a syntax error. I would suggest copying and pasting the formulas and then just changing the cell references. If you want to copy the formulas be careful to set the relative and absolute references to match your needs.

Maybe these will copy and paste better than the html maker examples.

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))
Click to expand...
 
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Pretty sure the hang up is the blank cells in the columns.

skywriter said:
The results you see are from the formulas, not hand typed. If you are typing the formulas in manually there may be a syntax error. I would suggest copying and pasting the formulas and then just changing the cell references. If you want to copy the formulas be careful to set the relative and absolute references to match your needs.

Maybe these will copy and paste better than the html maker examples.

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT((--(MONTH(A2:A21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1)),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-2))

Code: 
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A21=0),--(MONTH(B2:B21)=MONTH(TODAY())-1))
Click to expand...
 
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freeb1893 said:
Pretty sure the hang up is the blank cells in the columns.
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The data used was copied from your original post and pasted into a spreadsheet. It has all the blank cells you see. You need to see if there's a difference in your actual data for these blank cells, maybe check the formatting for those cells or if they have spaces in them etc. You are going to just use a systematic troubleshooting approach. Put dates in all the blank cells and make sure the formula works without blanks. Use formula evaluator and see what the results are for each step of the formula. You can also tray using "" instead of 0 in the formula and see if that makes a difference.
 
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