Say I have a column containing dates as below:

               A                    B                  C
1    27 May 2003
2     03 Jun 2003
3     05 Jun 2003
4     22 Jun 2003
5     15 Jul 2003
6     10 Aug 2003

I want to count how many instances Jun 2003 is listed, regardless of the
day.  I tried the COUNTIF worksheet function, but it only works if I
actually list the exact date, and then it only counts the instances
where that exact date is listed (example:  =COUNTIF(A1:A6,"05 Jun 2003")
equals 1).  Does anyone know of a formula that I can use that will count
how many instances a particular month/year appear in a huge
spreadsheet.  In the example above I'm expecting the value to equal 3.
I tried using a wildcard (*) in place of the day number (example:
=COUNTIF(A1:A6,"* Jun 2003"), but I only get a return of zero.  Help!

Thanks,

John