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How to count if cells contain any date/data in Excel?

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Have you even met problems to count number of cells containing any date or data in a specific range in Excel? In this article, I will introduce ways to count if cells contain any date/data in Excel.


Count if cells contain any date in Excel

This method will introduce a VBA Macro to count cells containing dates in a specific range in Excel.

Step 1: Open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window with pressing the Alt + F11 keys at the same time.

Step 2: Click the Insert > Module, and then paste the following VBA code into the Module window:

VBA: Count if cells contain any date

Function TypeCell(pRange As Range) As Variant

Dim xArr() As Variant
Dim xRng As Range
Application.Volatile
ReDim xArr(pRange.Cells.Count - 1) As Variant
xCount = 0
For Each xRng In pRange
xArr(xCount) = VarType(xRng)
xCount = xCount + 1
Next
TypeCell = xArr
End Function

Step 3: In a blank cell enter the formula =SUM(IF(TypeCell(A1:E15)=7,1,0)), and then press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys in a meantime.

Note: In the formula of =SUM(IF(TypeCell(A1:E15)=7,1,0)), the A1:E15 is the specific range we will count number of cells containing dates, you can change it based on your needs.

Now you will get the number of cells containing dates in the specific range.

Easily select and count any date cells if dates are between two dates in Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can apply its Select Special Cells utility to quickly select and count any date cells if dates are in a certain date range.


Kutools' Select Special Cells feature's interface and use case example

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Count if cells contain any data with COUNTA function in Excel

The COUNTA function will help you figure out the number of cells with any data in a specific range in Excel easily.

In a blank cell enter the formula =COUNTA(A1:E15), and press the Enter key. In the formula, the range A1:E15 is the specific range you will count numbers of cells with data, and you can change it as you need.

Note: After selecting the specific range, we can get the cell number with any data in the Status Bar easily too.

Count of non-blank cells within the selection on the Status Bar 


Count and select cells if contains any data in a specified range

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can apply its Select Nonblank Cells utility to count and select cells if contains any data quickly in a certain range with only one click.

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Select the range you will count cells if contain any data, and click Kutools > Select > Select Nonblank Cells. See screenshot:
Select Nonblank Cells option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

And then all cells with data in the specified range are selected, and a dialog box will pop up and show how many nonblank cells have been selected. See screenshot:
Success dialog

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Click the OK button to close this dialog box.


Demo: Count and select cells if contain any data in a specified range

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