[Dba-office] Help figuring out the Best Approach To Take

[Bryan Carbonnell]

Thanks David.

If you could send it to me, I'd appreciate it! carbonnb at gmail.com

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:10 PM, David McAfee <davidmcafee at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd put them all in one column.
>
> I can send you a quick little Excel file I made, which may be easier to
> understand by viewing it.
>
> In Column A, starting with Cell A2, I entered 2/28/15 and auto filled dates
> down to A749 (which is 3/16/2017).
> In Column B, I randomly entered a "U" every so often, this would be your Us
> & Cs
> We'll Skip Column C for a bit.
>
> For simplicity, I made the following:
> Cell E2 = Now() (formatted as ShortDate)
> Cell D2 = E2-365
> In Cell C2 I entered the following Formula:
> =IF(AND(A2>=$D$2,A2<=$E$2),TRUE, FALSE)
> I dragged/filled that formula down to C749
>
> Cell F1 = "US Days"
> Cell F2 = =COUNTIFS(C2:C749,"=TRUE",B2:B749,"=U")
>
> You can do the same in G1 & 2 for Canada.
>
> It should be live, I can add or remove a U from any cell in Column B that
> has a True in Column C and the number updates.
>
> Hope this helps.
> David McAfee
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Bryan Carbonnell <carbonnb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I hope I can explain what I'm trying to do properly.
>>
>> Let me give you some background so you understand what I'm up against.
>>
>> As a Canadian I can only be in the US for 182 days in the past 365
>> days. This 365 days is a rolling 365 days and not a calendar year. So
>> for today it is 182 days from March 30, 2015 to Mar 29, 2016. Tomorrow
>> it would be 182 days from Mar 31, 2015 to Mar 30, 2016 etc.
>>
>> I was thinking of using Excel, one column for each year, each row for
>> a different day of the year and putting either a C or U to denote
>> which country I'm in.
>>
>> Then having a cell at the top that counts all the U or C in the
>> previous 365 days.
>>
>> However I'm not sure how to go about this.
>>
>> Oh, and I have to keep 4 years of records to stay out of trouble with the
>> IRS.
>>
>> I'm hoping the brain power here can help me figure this out.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions or pointers. Oh, Access is NOT an option.
>> I'm on a Mac.
>>
>> --
>> Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
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>> well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
>> shouting "What a great ride!"
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Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a
well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
shouting "What a great ride!"