Excel Formula: Count Holidays Between Two Dates
To count the number of holidays between two dates, the SUMPRODUCT function in Excel can help you.
If you want to follow along with this tutorial, please download the example spreadsheet.
Generic formula:
| SUMPRODUCT((holidays>=start_date)*(holidays<=end_date)) |
Syntaxt and Arguments
| Start_date, end_date:the two dates that you want to count holidays between. |
| Holidays:the dates of holidays. |
Return Value
The formula returns a numeric value.
How this formula works
The holidays are list in the range D3:D10, and the start date and end date locate in cell B3 and B5, now to count the holidays in the given date range, please use below formula:
| =SUMPRODUCT((D3:D10>=B3)*(D3:D10<=B5)) |
Press Enter key to get the counting result.
Explanation
SUMPRODUCT function: multiples two or more columns or arrays together, and then get the sum of products
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