formula use to return earliest date or leave it blank

I need the formula that can fit into most earliest delivery date column by a. return earliest date among Date 1 , Date 2 and Date 3. b. return the date if only have one date among the Date 1,2,3 ...

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Lorenzo
Jun 23, 2021
MeiChan1314

in B2 (and copy down if you don't use a Table):
=IF(COUNT(C2:E2), MIN(C2:E2), "")

Lorenzo

Silver Contributor

Jun 23, 2021

MeiChan1314

in B2 (and copy down if you don't use a Table):

=IF(COUNT(C2:E2), MIN(C2:E2), "")

MeiChan1314
Copper Contributor
Jun 25, 2021
thanks it works! Just a question if the data from column date 1 , 2, 3 is carry out from another excel sheet means contain formula, does the above IF +Count+Min still working?
- Lorenzo
  Silver Contributor
  Jun 25, 2021
  MeiChan1314
  Of course, something you coul have easily checked 🙂
  However, make sure the formulas involved in filling your Date1-Date3 columns return something like "" and not 0 when there's no data avail. in the other sheet, otherwise MIN will find/report the 0s
  Other option is to use Sergei's formula
  - MeiChan1314
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 25, 2021
    Thank you so much!

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