Stan, here is one way,

=SUMPRODUCT((YEAR(A1:A100)=2003)+0)
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"Stan Altshuller" <ctaca@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All!
>
> I have a column of dates in column A:A and want to count the number of
> dates
> that have the year 2003 in them.
> I am trying to use =countif(year(A:A),2003) but it does not want to take
> that formula, it says there is a mistake in it.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks so much!!
>
> Stan
>
>