Excel Formula: Count Times in A Range
The COUNTIFS function can count the number of times between two times in Excel.
If you want to follow along with this tutorial, please download the example spreadsheet.
Generic formula:
COUNTIFS(rng">="&start_time,rng,"<"&end_time) |
Syntaxt and Arguments
Rng:the time range that includes the times you count. |
Start_time, end_time:the time range that you want to count times between. |
Return Value
The formula returns a numeric value.
How this formula works
For example, in range B3:B10, there is a list of time records, and now you want to count the number of time records that in the specific time range from 2:30 (in cell E2) to 4:30 (in cell E3), please use below formula:
=COUNTIFS(B3:B10,">="&E2,B3:B10,"<"&E3) |
Press Enter key to return the result.
Explanation
COUNTIFS function: returns the number of cells that meet multiple criteria.
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