Index: branches/release-33/lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm
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--- branches/release-33/lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm (revision 1736)
+++ branches/release-33/lib/MT/Template/ContextHandlers.pm (revision 1747)
@@ -6064,5 +6064,7 @@
 sub _hdlr_archive_count {
     my $ctx = $_[0];
-    if ($ctx->{inside_mt_categories}) {
+    my $at = $ctx->{current_archive_type} || $ctx->{archive_type};
+    my $archiver = MT->publisher->archiver($at);
+    if ($ctx->{inside_mt_categories} && !$archiver->date_based) {
         return _hdlr_category_count($ctx);
     } elsif (my $count = $ctx->stash('archive_count')) {