Issue trying to identify earliest date & time

sharky12345

sharky12345

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I'm trying to identify the earliest date & time with a single criteria and what's returned is incorrect.

The formula I'm using is this:

Excel Formula: 
=MIN(IF($A$2:$A5053=D2,$B$2:$B5053))

It's producing "00/01/1900 00:00"

The relevant cells are formatted as custom 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm' but no matter how I format the cells, the result is always incorrect.

I've attached a sample of the workbook, if anyone can help me understand how to resolve this please?

MrExcel.xlsx
ABCD
1Index NumberIndex TimeIndex NumberEarliest Index Time
2IND230000926020/04/2023 09:19IND230000926000/01/1900 00:00
3IND230000926011/04/2024 12:27IND2300011569
4IND230001156916/05/2023 14:50IND2300013377
5IND230001156910/04/2024 00:27IND2300016533
6IND230001156910/04/2024 00:29IND2300017703
7IND230001337706/06/2023 01:09IND2300025545
8IND230001337729/04/2024 13:09IND2400000003
9IND230001653311/07/2023 02:10IND2400001139
10IND230001653311/07/2023 20:30IND2400001938
11IND230001653310/01/2024 15:37IND2400002279
12IND230001653310/04/2024 16:17IND2400002425
13IND230001653310/04/2024 23:51IND2400002503
14IND230001770323/07/2023 16:47IND2400007799
15IND230001770323/07/2023 17:19IND2400008564
16IND230001770323/07/2023 23:29IND2400010159
17IND230001770309/04/2024 16:12IND2400010908
18IND230001770310/04/2024 00:21IND2400011060
19IND230002554520/10/2023 03:02IND2400011062
20IND230002554520/10/2023 03:24IND2400011063
21IND230002554520/10/2023 14:22IND2400011069
22IND230002554514/04/2024 11:49IND2400011081
23IND240000000301/01/2024 01:20IND2400011082
24IND240000000301/01/2024 04:54IND2400011084
25IND240000000301/04/2024 12:00IND2400011085
26IND240000113913/01/2024 00:49IND2400011087
27IND240000113912/04/2024 18:17IND2400011094
28IND240000193822/01/2024 12:13IND2400011096
29IND240000193819/04/2024 19:57IND2400011097
30IND240000227925/01/2024 21:25IND2400011100
31IND240000227908/04/2024 16:34IND2400011101
32IND240000242527/01/2024 18:29IND2400011102
33IND240000242524/04/2024 13:46IND2400011104
34IND240000250328/01/2024 13:08IND2400011105
35IND240000250328/01/2024 17:00IND2400011106
36IND240000250302/04/2024 16:50IND2400011107
37IND240000779914/03/2024 19:55IND2400011108
38IND240000779903/04/2024 10:51IND2400011111
39IND240000856408/04/2024 12:01IND2400011112
40IND240001015927/03/2024 11:47IND2400011117
41IND240001015927/03/2024 12:39IND2400011119
42IND240001015905/04/2024 11:58IND2400011122
43IND240001090831/03/2024 05:40IND2400011124
MREXCEL
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2D2=MIN(IF($A$2:$A5053=C2,$B$2:$B5053))
 

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That's not what I got. I only got that if there was no match.

This is what I got with your data set. 11/4/2024 12:27
 
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do you have a blank cell in column B , where the entry in the same row in A is the same as criteria
see highlighted cell in the list]
I had to recreate the dates as in UK and they came in as text

Book3
ABCD
1Index Number1/1/24 12:00Index NumberEarliest Index Time
2IND23000092601/2/24 11:00IND23000092601/0/00 0:00
3IND23000092601/3/24 10:00IND2300011569
4IND23000115691/4/24 9:00IND2300013377
5IND23000115691/5/24 8:00IND2300016533
6IND23000115691/6/24 7:00IND2300017703
7IND23000133771/7/24 6:00IND2300025545
8IND23000133771/8/24 5:00IND2400000003
9IND23000165331/9/24 4:00IND2400001139
10IND23000165331/10/24 3:00IND2400001938
11IND23000165331/11/24 2:00IND2400002279
12IND23000165331/12/24 1:00IND2400002425
13IND23000165331/13/24 0:00IND2400002503
14IND23000177031/13/24 23:00IND2400007799
15IND23000177031/14/24 22:00IND2400008564
16IND23000177031/15/24 21:00IND2400010159
17IND23000177031/16/24 20:00IND2400010908
18IND23000177031/17/24 19:00IND2400011060
19IND23000255451/18/24 18:00IND2400011062
20IND23000255451/19/24 17:00IND2400011063
21IND23000255451/20/24 16:00IND2400011069
22IND23000255451/21/24 15:00IND2400011081
23IND24000000031/22/24 14:00IND2400011082
24IND24000000031/23/24 13:00IND2400011084
25IND24000000031/24/24 12:00IND2400011085
26IND24000011391/25/24 11:00IND2400011087
27IND24000011391/26/24 10:00IND2400011094
28IND24000019381/27/24 9:00IND2400011096
29IND24000019381/28/24 8:00IND2400011097
30IND24000022791/29/24 7:00IND2400011100
31IND24000022791/30/24 6:00IND2400011101
32IND24000024251/31/24 5:00IND2400011102
33IND24000024252/1/24 4:00IND2400011104
34IND24000025032/2/24 3:00IND2400011105
35IND24000025032/3/24 2:00IND2400011106
36IND24000025032/4/24 1:00IND2400011107
37IND24000077992/5/24 0:00IND2400011108
38IND24000077992/5/24 23:00IND2400011111
39IND24000085642/6/24 22:00IND2400011112
40IND24000101592/7/24 21:00IND2400011117
41IND24000101592/8/24 20:00IND2400011119
42IND24000101592/9/24 19:00IND2400011122
43IND24000109082/9/24 19:00IND2400011124
44
45IND2300009260IND2300009260
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2D2=MIN(IF($A$2:$A5053=C2,$B$2:$B5053))
 
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Hmm, that's the correct answer Scott - I don't know what I'm doing wrong 🤔
 
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etaf said:
do you have a blank cell in column B , where the entry in the same row in A is the same as criteria
see highlighted cell in the list]
I had to recreate the dates as in UK and they came in as text

Book3
ABCD
1Index Number1/1/24 12:00Index NumberEarliest Index Time
2IND23000092601/2/24 11:00IND23000092601/0/00 0:00
3IND23000092601/3/24 10:00IND2300011569
4IND23000115691/4/24 9:00IND2300013377
5IND23000115691/5/24 8:00IND2300016533
6IND23000115691/6/24 7:00IND2300017703
7IND23000133771/7/24 6:00IND2300025545
8IND23000133771/8/24 5:00IND2400000003
9IND23000165331/9/24 4:00IND2400001139
10IND23000165331/10/24 3:00IND2400001938
11IND23000165331/11/24 2:00IND2400002279
12IND23000165331/12/24 1:00IND2400002425
13IND23000165331/13/24 0:00IND2400002503
14IND23000177031/13/24 23:00IND2400007799
15IND23000177031/14/24 22:00IND2400008564
16IND23000177031/15/24 21:00IND2400010159
17IND23000177031/16/24 20:00IND2400010908
18IND23000177031/17/24 19:00IND2400011060
19IND23000255451/18/24 18:00IND2400011062
20IND23000255451/19/24 17:00IND2400011063
21IND23000255451/20/24 16:00IND2400011069
22IND23000255451/21/24 15:00IND2400011081
23IND24000000031/22/24 14:00IND2400011082
24IND24000000031/23/24 13:00IND2400011084
25IND24000000031/24/24 12:00IND2400011085
26IND24000011391/25/24 11:00IND2400011087
27IND24000011391/26/24 10:00IND2400011094
28IND24000019381/27/24 9:00IND2400011096
29IND24000019381/28/24 8:00IND2400011097
30IND24000022791/29/24 7:00IND2400011100
31IND24000022791/30/24 6:00IND2400011101
32IND24000024251/31/24 5:00IND2400011102
33IND24000024252/1/24 4:00IND2400011104
34IND24000025032/2/24 3:00IND2400011105
35IND24000025032/3/24 2:00IND2400011106
36IND24000025032/4/24 1:00IND2400011107
37IND24000077992/5/24 0:00IND2400011108
38IND24000077992/5/24 23:00IND2400011111
39IND24000085642/6/24 22:00IND2400011112
40IND24000101592/7/24 21:00IND2400011117
41IND24000101592/8/24 20:00IND2400011119
42IND24000101592/9/24 19:00IND2400011122
43IND24000109082/9/24 19:00IND2400011124
44
45IND2300009260IND2300009260
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2D2=MIN(IF($A$2:$A5053=C2,$B$2:$B5053))
Click to expand...
I do have a blank cell Etaf yes!
 
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Ignore as 2016 does not have MINIFS

is column A the same as D2 with a blank cell

then that is seen as 0 and shows a date as you are getting
as that will be the min
so may need to use a MINIFS() and exclude blanks
 
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Perhaps:
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(C2,$A$2:$A5053,0)),MIN(IF($A$2:$A5053=C2,$B$2:$B5053)),"")
 
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etaf said:
Ignore as 2016 does not have MINIFS

is column A the same as D2 with a blank cell

then that is seen as 0 and shows a date as you are getting
as that will be the min
so may need to use a MINIFS() and exclude blanks
Click to expand...
Nope - I've removed all of the blanks and there's no difference to the result.
 
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With 2016 you will need to confirm your formula with Ctrl Shift Enter, rather than just Enter.
 
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