COUNTIFS function returning 0 when filtering between dates

[KONG1]

Hi all,

I am using the following formula to try and count the number of instances people said 'yes' from a particular group between particular dates.

=COUNTIFS(DATE!$E:$E, ">="&Sheet1!$L$3, DATE!$E:$E, "<="&Sheet1!$L$4, GroupName!$D:$D, "TEXT", ANSWER!G:G, "Yes")

the dates in cell L3 ad L4 are entered as 1/4/13 and 30/9/14.

I am constantly getting a '0' result. If I take out the <= criteria and range than I get a result but one that is much higher than if I filter the results myself and count them.

Please can someone advise what might be wrong with the formula to be producing these inaccurate or '0' figures.

Many thanks,

[Jonmo1]

What do these return?

=ISNUMBER(L3)
=ISNUMBER(L4)

And
=ISNUMBER(DATE!E1) - and filled down to end of data.


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[KONG1]

Hi,

Thanks for the help.

I have resolved it now. Stupid error on my part - I was entering the dates as 1/4/14 when it should have been 4/1/14 according to the correct format.

Thanks for the quick response!

[Jonmo1]

You're welcome.