COUNTIF to count =TODAY()

Question

In Excel I am using DDE to pull intraday stock quote information. So it is continuously updating. I am trying to:

=COUNTIF(A:A,"="&TODAY())

But the column A:A which are dates some not of current date. Are being produced by functions or forumlas so they are not being read as text. I don't want to change the column into text so it can be read. because it refreshes every minute.

Is there a way to get =COUNTIF(A:A,"="&TODAY()) to read the text that is being produced by the functions within A:A instead of the functions?

Answer 1

Please reference the comments below the OP question.

The problem was that the dates were displayed with a number format that did not reveal there was a time component as well.

The time component was 8:00 AM.

The following formula solved the issue:

=COUNTIF(A:A,"="&TODAY()+8/24)