COUNTIF using Dates

[WLMPilot]

I have created a spreadsheet that mirrors my paystubs, ie salary and
deductions in column A and the dates of each payperiod listed B2:AA2. The
dates are caluclated instead of physically being entered, ie since the
payperiod is every two weeks, the first payday of the year is physically
entered in B2, then payday after that is calculated by adding 14 to the
previous cell.

I have been using the COUNTIF function to look at the NET PAY row and count
the number of cells that the NET PAY is >0 in order to determine the current
payperiod. This works great if you have been working from the beginning of
the year. However, if you start a job in the middle of the year, this
formula does not work.

Since the payperiods (dates in cells B2:AA2) were constant, I tried the
following formula: =COUNTIF(B2:AA2,"<=TODAY()). I was hoping this would
count the number of dates that were <= Today' date in order to track what pay
period the company was in. Unfortunately, I could not get this to work, and
if I read the HELP sheet on this, I don't think that "TODAY()" can be used as
the criteria.

Any help on this??

Thanks,
Les

[JMB]

i assume you are using "<=TODAY()"

Try

"<="&TODAY()

(no quotes around the TODAY() function)


"WLMPilot" wrote:

> I have created a spreadsheet that mirrors my paystubs, ie salary and
> deductions in column A and the dates of each payperiod listed B2:AA2. The
> dates are caluclated instead of physically being entered, ie since the
> payperiod is every two weeks, the first payday of the year is physically
> entered in B2, then payday after that is calculated by adding 14 to the
> previous cell.
>
> I have been using the COUNTIF function to look at the NET PAY row and count
> the number of cells that the NET PAY is >0 in order to determine the current
> payperiod. This works great if you have been working from the beginning of
> the year. However, if you start a job in the middle of the year, this
> formula does not work.
>
> Since the payperiods (dates in cells B2:AA2) were constant, I tried the
> following formula: =COUNTIF(B2:AA2,"<=TODAY()). I was hoping this would
> count the number of dates that were <= Today' date in order to track what pay
> period the company was in. Unfortunately, I could not get this to work, and
> if I read the HELP sheet on this, I don't think that "TODAY()" can be used as
> the criteria.
>
> Any help on this??
>
> Thanks,
> Les