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  1. Hi! Hoping you can help. I am trying to create a formula rule to highlight a cell range based on one cell but for multiple options.

    E.g. Cell C4 has a date of 21/3/2021, and D4 has a date of 19/02/1998; I am trying to create a rule to highlight date ranges in different colours. 5 years.

    Then I want to use that to highlight C4,5,6,7 etc., based on that range.

    I have tried using an if and statement and a datedif statement, but it doesn't seem to want to work. Is this at all possible?

    Thanks!

      1. Thanks! I have tried to make the next selection of between 1 & 2 years, and 2 and 5 years, The formula works (no error) but it is not highlighting...

        =AND((DATEDIF($G$4,$B$1,"Y")>1),(DATEDIF($G$4,$B$1,"Y")<2))

        Have I used the right formula?

        Thanks again

        2. SORTED!

          =AND((DATEDIF($G$4,$B$1,"M")>24),(DATEDIF($G$4,$B$1,"M")<60))

          I changed it to months :)

          Thanks!

    2. Sorry, date ranges would be Under 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-5 years and over 5 years.

  2. Hello,

    I have a set of dates for various personnel training attended, that expire within 1 year, 2 years, 3 years and so on. I would like to use conditional formatting to turn the cells yellow when they are 90 days out from expiry and red when the dates have expired. I can't seem to find the right combinations of rules to make this work, as most are based on the current date in excel rather than the given date in the cell. Please help!

    Thank you.

    1. Hi! Replace the TODAY() function in the conditional formatting date formulas you see above in the article with a cell reference. Instead of =TODAY()-$A2>30 write =$A1-$A2>30

  3. Hi,
    I’m trying to get the following formulas to work on the same table but they won’t work together, it’s like they cancel each other out
    =AND($D2-TODAY()>=0,$D2-TODAY()=0,TODAY()-$D2<=7)
    I also want to be able to get it to work for multiple end dates but it won’t allow the formula to work on more than one row.
    Please help

    1. Hi! The second condition repeats the first. The third condition contradicts the second. The formula will always return FALSE.

      1. Ok so how do I get it to work to show both when it’s exceeded deadline and when it’s close to deadline?
        And is it possible to have it work for multiple deadline dates

        1. You want me to use your wrong formula to guess what you want to do. Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above: How to highlight dates within a date range.

  4. Now can I formulate a date that actually says the month. "January 2" instead of 1/2 or 2 Jan or the others?

  5. Hi, I'm trying to set up an employee directory that has the weekdays and times they're available. I currently have two cells that have the formula =NOW() (with one having the custom format to display "Fri" and the other to display hh:mm:ss am/pm). I would like to change the cells change colour to red if the day is Friday and they are not working (ie if they only work Mon-Thu etc). How would I go about conditionally formatting this?

  6. Hello -

    I'm trying to set up an inspection record template with separate Receipt Date and Expiration Date cells, where the Expiration Date cell will be automatically highlighted if the value entered there is <12 months from the Receipt Date. The Receipt Date will not always be the same date that the record is getting filled out, which is where I'm running into trouble. Please help?

    1. Hi I have the following:
      Sheet 1
      Column A: list of employee names
      Column B: employee title
      Column C: hire date
      Column D: # of years with company

      I am trying to sort this list on a new sheet so that all employees and their info from each column on sheet 1 is populated according to their anniversary date for 2023, but also separated by month. So if the employee anniversary date is in January, the employee and their info would be pulled from sheet 1 and listed under January 2023...and do this for each month. Is there a way to do this?

  7. What formula can I use if I want a row to fill with color after the date is typed into a cell? Example: 3/15/2023 is typed into E3, how can I have A3:E3 turn green?

  8. Hello,

    I am trying to make a formula where I want the cell to be highlighted when it says "In Progress" and the date is past 14 days.
    Column C is the date posted, and Column E is the status column (Ready, In Progress, ect.)

    This is the formula I thought would work, but am getting an error message:
    =AND(TODAY()-C3>=14, E3 = “In Progress”)

    The error I'm getting says "you may not use reference operators (such as unions, intersections, and ranges), array constants, or the LAMBDA function for conditional formatting criteria."

    1. Hi!
      I assume you used the wrong quotes for the text string.
      Use the formula:

      =AND(TODAY()-C3>=14, E3 = "In Progress")

  9. I have a spreadsheet that I need help with.
    I need to highlight the cell if a date entered is within the current quarter.

    Qtr1 Oct-Dec
    Qtr2 Jan-Mar
    Qtr3 Apr-Jun
    Qtr4 Jul-Sep

    If not, then highlighted red. If so, then highlighted green.

  10. I'd like to format cells to highlight based on a date range not related to today's current date (e.g., highlight all cells with dates from June 2022-December 2022 with one color, highlight January 2023-June 2023 with a different color, etc.). The tricky part is the dates I want referenced are on sheet 2 and the cells I want formatted are on sheet 1. Is this something that is possible?

  11. I have a spread sheet with notes being taken daily with dates input using CTRL ;
    these dates are mixed in with notes Example. 06/03/2023 important information here

    I was wondering if there is a way at all to highlight or change the text color of the date only automatically without changing the text of the entire cell or color of cell?

  12. Hello, I am looking for help on a conditional format:
    - I have a column (E8) for a deadline and a column (D8) for progress. Progress column is formatted as a percentage and conditionally formatted as a data bar (so will show a progress bar based on percentage entered). I am trying to highlight cell in the deadline column (E8) when deadline is overdue AND Progress column(D8) is less than 100%. I also want to ignore all blanks but I have a format for now that place ignoring blanks higher up on the hierarchy of formatting. Any suggesting for a formula would be great appreciated as I have tried numerous with no success,

  13. IF I HAVECHANGE DATE ,EFFICIENCCY CALCULATE WITH CHANGES DATE WHAT CONDITION USED

  14. Good Day,

    I hope you can help.

    I have a client Data base. I have a coloumn (Last Groomed) = (G) and (Next Groom) = (H). Due to the nature of my business the client will tell me when the next groom will be or if it is a monthly standing booking.

    So the formula i have in H is as such (=G3+30) which will give me 30 days from today.

    So what i need is a rule / format / Formula, that highlights cells 10 days before (Today)=(A1) (in Orange) and 10 days after (Today)=(A1) automatically when i open the workbook.

    Thank you your assistance is appreciated

    1. Hi!
      Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above – Conditionally format dates based on the current date.
      For example,

      =$A1-TODAY()>=10 - highlights dates that occur in 10 or more days.

  15. Hi

    may I have some help please.

    Job Number Job Description Booking Date Target Date Completed Date Additional Notes
    1 test 14/02/2023 25/01/2024 14/02/2023 Done

    How do I make the entire row green once a 'completed date' has been inputted?
    there is a conditional format for target date which works perfectly and I don't want to disturb that.

    Kind regards,
    Abdul

  16. I have a list of dates and I want to color the cells which contain the dates, conditionally every time the year changes. So, all of 2023 would be one color and all of 2022 would be a different color, and on and on. But, these cells are a complete date, for example, 02/10/2023, so I need to learn how to just extract the year from these cells and conditionally format based on only the year. Thanks for your help.

      1. I have dates from the early 1900s through today, hundreds of rows, each year having a different quantity of rows. Is there a way for conditional formatting to automatically have Excel assign a different color based on which year it is? It would take forever to write an individual formula for 100+ years. Or if there is a way to highlight all 2023 rows in one shade of grey and then all of 2022 in another shade and then 2021 back to the shade of grey of the 2023 years? I'm just trying to visually see when the year changes and which rows are included in that particular year.

        1. Hello!
          You need to create a separate conditional formatting rule for each color. To make this rule work for different years, use the logical OR function.

          =OR(YEAR(A1)=2023,YEAR(A1)=2021,YEAR(A1)=2019)
          or
          =SUM(--(YEAR(A1)={2023,2021,2019}))

          Rule for all odd years -
          =MOD(YEAR(A1),2)=1

          Rule for all even years -
          =MOD(YEAR(A1),2)=0

          I hope it’ll be helpful.

  17. I am setting up a spreadsheet that will be keeping track of animal licensing information:
    id#
    owner name
    pet name
    expiration date of vaccine
    expiration date of license
    ect...

    I am looking to make certain cells change to colors depending on the dates of the license expiration and or if I change the status of the owner. currently it is sep up as such:
    A- last name
    B-first name
    C-license status (drop down list for the following options - expired, current, in progress, township sending notice and attending clinic)
    D-date license expires
    E- phone
    F- house #
    G-street address
    H- township located
    I-last vaccination date
    ect...

    I need to set up a system where:
    anything before 10/31/22 (or 44865) turns red
    anything between 11/1/22() and 1/31/23 (44957) turn yellow
    and anything up to now turns green

    I also want to be able to change the status colomn and have it effect the color. so if a license is expired but the owner is trying to go to a clinic I can choose attending clinic in colomn c and it will change it to an overriding color to indicate that status. Is this possible?

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Create a rule for each color according to the recommendations in the article above.

      1. I have tried several of the methods but I cant figure out how to make it conditional, ie-when cell turned on then the color is turned on but when off the color turns off.

        1. Hi!
          What does "cell turned on" mean? What cell conditions are you checking for? What are those conditions? I can't guess.

          1. So with a drop down box there are two options-ON, OFF. when I select the option for on in a cell I want a color to appear in a row of cells designated. for example if I want to have a cell that is for EXPIRED animal licenses. I have a box colored red that states expired and a drop down box in the cell below it with ON and OFF. when the second cell states on I want all the cells in another box that say EXPIRED to turn red. When the cell is turned OFF I want the cells to go back to no color.

            1. Hi!
              If I understand your task correctly, try the following conditional formatting formula:

              =AND(D2="Expired",$F$1="on")

              1. So if I am understanding correctly than my formulas would be the following:

                =IF(AND(D2:D125>41305,D2:D12544957,D2:D12544865,D2:D125<44957),"township sending notice")

                noting that these values are dates but were turned into numeric for easier formula use but show as dates on the excel sheet

              2. ok so if my cell for c is c6 and I am doing

                cell value is equal to ="EXPIRED"

                and my D cell value is between =41305 and =44865

                then would my new c value be ="EXPIRED" =IF(D2=

                im not sure how to add the varience in the newly made format. it would have to show the cell value is equal to = EXPIRED but also add only if its between the numbers 41305 and 44865

              4. MAYBE I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I CANNOT GET IT TO FORMAT CORRECTLY. COULD I INSTEAD HAVE FOR EXAMPLE D CELLS DECIDE ON THE ACTION OF THE C CELLS? SO IF A DATE IS EXPIRED IN THE D CELL THEN THE C CELL WILL AUTOMATICALLY SAY EXPIRED AND TURN RED? WITH THE OPTION TO CHANGE THE COLOR IF PROGRESS IS PENDING? THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER IDEA. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

              5. Hi!
                You can change the value in cell C2 depending on the date in D2 with the formula =IF(D2<TODAY(), "off", "expired") You can change the color of C2 with the conditional formatting formula =D2<TODAY()
                But if cell C2 contains a drop-down list, this cannot work.

  18. Is there a way to dynamically change cells according to time instead? I am working with a daily schedule and I would like to see what is happening at what hour when I look at it.

  19. So I have a worksheet that shows production data on a calendar. The dates are pulled from a website so they will auto rotate which cell shows which dates. I use this sheet to see when I can schedule new orders to ship. This also depends on what shipping routes are available. I have created a new tab with all my routes and and their schedules.

    I have added a drop down on my main page to select the route. Now I want to highlight cells in the schedule based on which route is selected.

    My excel terminology is limited so I will attempt to describe the formula I am looking for;
    Rule 1) If this route is selected then highlight all Tuesday/Fridays
    Rule 2) if this route is selected highlight all Monday/Wednesdays
    -so on and so forth for other routes and their respective days.

    I cannot find the formula excel needs to make this happen. Am I overthinking this and there is a simple solution/equation? or is this something excel cannot do?

      1. Thanks, yes I was able to get the correct days highlighted using this equation:

        =OR(WEEKDAY($B2,2)=3, WEEKDAY($B2)=2)

        The tricky part for me is having this contingent on a cell showing different route options. For example:

        If i select "ALL01" then Tuesdays and Thursdays will highlight
        If i select "CHI01" then Tuesdays and Fridays need to highlight

        The selections is being made in a drop down i created.
        The "ALL01" & "CHI01" are routes we use.

          1. Hazaaa!!!
            That worked - thank you so very much!!

  20. Hello!

    I am using the conditional formatting steps detailed above for past dates, future dates, and todays dates. However the formulas do not seem to be working. What do I do?

    1. Hi!
      I can't know what you are doing in your workbook. Note that the dates are written as dates and not as text. Follow the instructions in the article above carefully.

  21. Help! I really hope you can respond to this and help me!

    I need a formula(s) to apply conditional formatting based on various dates in a column both on the same tab and from a previous tab in the same workbook. Column A is "Date Received" (where the date will vary by when something was received). Column B would be Date Created.
    The basics of the formula I need would be if Column A date is greater than 1 week (or 7 days, whichever is easier), format the cell yellow, if greater than 2 weeks (14 days), format the cell red.

    Specific Example: If a date isn't entered in Column B within one week (or 7 days, which ever is easier), the cell in Column A will turn yellow, if no date is entered in Column B within 2 weeks (or 14 days) the cell in Column A will turn Red. If a date is entered in Column B the cell in Column B with the date can turn green.

    The ideal formatting would be to add icon sets with with the stop lights instead of highlighting the cell with a color. I believe there is an option to enter a custom formula to apply it with the icon sets, correct? If so, I will do that using the formula above. If not, it's not a deal-breaker.

    One other thing, how do I reference a column from another tab so it will add and show two weeks after the date in a column of the other tab. Example - Column A "Quote for Approval" in Tab 1 has a date entered for when the quote was submitted. We need Column B in Tab 2 to add 2 weeks (14 days) and put that in Column A from Tab 1. The conditional formatting for that date in Tab 2 would be based on the original date in Tab 1 but would be the same concept of >7 days, >14 days.

    I really hope this makes sense. Please let me know if you have questions and thank you very much for having the forum!!!

  22. Hi Alexander Trifuntov (Ablebits Team)
    I'm trying to make a scheduling template for 18 employees. I can't figure out how I can auto-highlight the scheduled time (interval of 9 hours) when I put the shedule in a different cell, then also apply a different color when I type in a break time in a different cell as well.

    F4 - schedule (9am-6pm)
    F4 - 1st break (11 am)
    G4 - Lunch start (1pm)
    H4 - Lunch End (2pm)
    I4 - 2nd break

    Trying to apply the formatting to K4-BF18, every cell from J4 is considered a 15 min interval.

    Also, I would like to change the color of each cell within the time range when agent's status in J4 is absent or late. I hope you can help me. Thank you so much in advance!

    1. Hi!
      Sorry, I do not fully understand the task. What formatting do you want to apply in K4? Why are there two values in F4? What does it mean "agent's status in J4 is absent or late"?

  23. When we entering date 1/1/30 in excel its returning 1/01/1930 or 1/1/40 its returning 1/01/1940.I am expecting 01/01/2030 or 01/01/2040 in this case.Is it possible to fix this using conditional formating.I need to fix this in excel only.Can you please let me know best possible way.

      1. Thank you Alex. My cell has value 31-DEC-30 ,Converted cell to date format DD-MON-YYYY .Its converting to 31-DEC-1930. Getting year wrong in Excel 2016.I have column formula =IF(ISBLANK(X89),"",DATEVALUE(X89)).

        Issue:

        30 through 99 is interpreted as the years 1930 through 1999. For example, if you type the date 5/28/98, Excel assumes the date is May 28, 1998.

    2. AlexChanged system date settings.Still it’s not working.

  24. Hello. I have three columns of dates (all on the same row). I need column C to highlight green if the date is before both dates in columns A and B, highlight yellow if it’s before only one date (A or B) and past the other date (A or B), and highlight red if it’s past both dates A and B.

  25. I need to figure out how to have a date change color after the date has reached 6 months and a different color for when its been 1 year. This is dealing with date of employment and the 6 month and year bench marks are for raises.

    The date conditional formatting only goes back a month.

    Would also be amazing if when the color changes that it sparks an email to the hiring manager.

    1. Hi!
      Please re-check the article above since it covers your case. Sending an email automatically is possible with a VBA macro.

  26. I need to conditional format cells so that they are automatically coloured in when the date changes in the first column.

    I have used the eomonth formula in a col before the calendar date rows start. If I change the date on cell b10 then the eomonth formula gets updated in cell e10.

    I need the the next section which the dates Jan to Dec per year sections to highlight cell accordingly to the date in cell b10.

  27. Hi, I'm trying to set up conditional format for a specific time range between 0-10 hours , Kindly assist with best approach.

    Thanks in anticipation

  28. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. It is helpful for highlighting holidays. However, if a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday my agency observes the holiday on the Friday prior, or Monday after. Is there a way to have excel highlight the Friday prior to a Saturday holiday, or the Monday after a Sunday holiday?

  29. Hello --

    Not sure if I'm following the right thread. But I'm in Google Sheet and I have the same exact problem.
    I wanna highlight cells that match another set of cells.

    For example : cell E4:O4 contains time - and below them are E8:M399 with time as well. And I want to highlight the time in cell E8:M399 to match E4:O4..

    I'm using =match(E8,indirect("SCHEDULE & COVERAGE!E4:O4"),0) applied to range E8:M399

    It actually works to all cells except if the time from E8 starts with 12am or 0:00
    It works if the time 12am or 0:00 is in the middle for example J8..

  30. Hi,

    How do I highlight a course date that is due to be renewed. Let say, I attended a course on the 1/11/2022. And the course has to be renewed after 3 years which is 1/11/2025. What can I do to highlight the course date if the actual date is 3 months before the renewal date i.e > 1/8/2025? Thank you

  31. Hi,
    I have a Gantt chart issue and I’m wondering if you could help?

    I have a Task Start Date Column (C), End Date Column (D), and Progress % (E). If the Task Progress (Cell E1) is still 0% after the task start date (Cell C1), is it possible to highlight the start date (Cell C1)?

    I hope that makes sense.

    Thanks

  32. Hi,

    How do I highlight the cells that are within the 9 hour shift per 1 hr interval. I already have the count which decreases when an employee ended the shift.

    Example: there are 5 employees logged in by 3pm. And within 3pm, it consist of the shift from 6am to 2pm. I would like to check if it is possible to highlight those 5 employees.

    1. Hello --

      Not sure if I'm following the right thread. But I'm in Google Sheet and I have the same exact problem.
      I wanna highlight cells that match another set of cells.

      For example : cell E4:O4 contains time - and below them are E8:M399 with time as well. And I want to highlight the time in cell E8:M399 to match E4:O4..

      I'm using =match(E8,indirect("SCHEDULE & COVERAGE!E4:O4"),0) applied to range E8:M399

      It actually works to all cells except if the time from E8 starts with 12am or 0:00
      It works if the time 12am or 0:00 is in the middle for example J8..

  33. I am needing to compare due dates and completion dates. I am specifically trying to have it automatically generate a green for on time and red for overdue. This is so that I may be able to easily notice trends within specific departments. I am having difficulty with dates that are the same as the due dates and with not having to format each entry. I would appreciate any and all assistance. Thank you.

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Please describe your task in detail if they don’t work for you.

  34. I need a condition like previous month of 9th to current date is this possible in excel and every time previous month will be changed like this is october then the previous moth is september if the month is december then need to extract data from november 9th to current date

  35. Hi - I may be in the wrong place for this question, so apologise if I am.
    I am pasting a number of dates from a genealogy programme into an Excel worksheet. Some of the dates are day/month/year, some are month/year and some are just year. How do I format the column so they appear as they should do?
    If I format for day month year, then the "year only" dates are miss-interpreted, eg 1924 becomes 07/04/1905
    If I format for number, 01/07/1916 becomes 6027.
    Is there a conditional format solution to this?
    Thanks
    Jeremy

    1. Hello!
      1924 is a number, not a date. To get the date, you can use these recommendations: How to convert number to date in Excel. To convert a year number to a date, use the DATE function. For example,

      =DATE(A1,1,1)

      If you have a lot of different values that need to be converted to date, try Text to Date tool. It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.

      1. Alexander thanks - I understand what you are saying but I can't find a simple way of formatting the column to display a consistent date when the input data is in 3 different formats (as described). I'll have a play and eg see if I can display all dates as simply a year eg 1950. I believe I may be able to do this by format/number/custom/ then type in yyyy?
        Jeremy

  36. Hi Alexander,
    In my column G I want all contract dates, expiring in less than 6 months highlighted in conditional formatting. I already found some codes but I'm receiving a "There's a problem with this formula." error. Maybe is it because I'm working on a macbook?

    Can you please help me? Thanks

  37. Hi!
    How can I format the cells containing hour info to indicate it started or ended according to the current time.
    Example;

    NOW() : 10:30
    START END
    event 1 11.11.2022 08:40 09:30 start and end should be coloured
    event 2 11.11.2022 08:40 11:30 start should be coloured
    event 3 11.11.2022 10:40 12:30
    event 4 11.11.2022 14:40 16:30

    1. Hi!
      You can find the examples and detailed instructions in article above.
      The NOW() function returns the date and time. To use time only, apply the formula

      NOW()-INT(NOW())

      Use conditional formatting rule:

      (A1-INT(A1))<(NOW()-INT(NOW()))

      I hope this will help.

  38. I have used conditional formatting on a spreadsheet. In it I have it set to figure the number of days since a unit has been cleaned and color code it to let me know how close it is to needing to be re-cleaned. My problem is that in the units that are rented, I did not populate the date of cleaning so it has no date to judge by and has put in a date of 6/28/1900. I am sure this is set up in the system but I want to find out how to set the cell up so when the date is left off it does not calculate anything and leaves the date blank. The formula I have used is: =(D+180) D is the ce3ll where I input where each unit was last cleaned. I want the cell to populate only if there is something in the D column.

  39. How can i entire row fill with color by conditional format when put in there random date in excel?
    Plz give some clue & more easier if you send some snapshot..?

  40. If we have a start date with timing and end date with timing how to highlight colors very close to end time.

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Please re-check the article above since it covers your task.

  41. Hello sir,
    I'm preparing sheet name issued material list and i want to apply condition formatting on this sheet
    ex. i issued one shoes or helmet on current date n the reissued time is 6month
    i want to apply condition on current date
    the color will be change when it expire . can u plz help me

  42. Hi Alex,
    Great post!
    I would like to alternate colors of date range based on fiscal year from June to July (following year).

    Many thanks in advance.

  43. Hi all,
    How do I change the colour of a value based on how the number of that value in the column?

    Eg if date 01/01/22 appears in a column 5 times it will turn orange. But when that date appears 8 times it will turn red.

    Thanks

  44. Hello,
    I have created a spreadsheet and applied conditional formatting to my date column to highlight all future dates using the example above '=$B2>Today()'. For some reason it isn't picking up all of them.

    In one instance, when I sort by date it will highlight all future dates with the exception of the last row. That row will highlight if I add a future date to the row directly under it but the new future date will not be highlighted.

    If I resort by job number (different column) some of the previously highlighted dates are now not highlighted.

    I've confirmed the date column is all formatted correctly. I'm using Office 365 if you think that might be causing the problem.

    Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

    1. Hello!
      The row number in the conditional formatting formula must match the number of the first row of the conditional formatting range. For example, for the range B1:B100 or B:B, you need to use the formula

      =$B1 > Today()

      Your formula "=$B2 > Today()" will work for a range, for example, B2:B100.
      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  45. We have dates in column D. We would like to add a condition when it is 1 week past the date it changes colour, then again when 2 weeks past date to a different colour and again when its past 3 weeks. What formula would use per week?

    Thanks,

    Kasey

    1. Hi!
      Please re-check the article above since it covers your task. Pay attention to the following paragraph: Conditionally format dates based on the current date.

  46. Hi,

    So I have a task list, and I want to use conditional formatting for two things. Number one, I want to highlight a cell that has been left blank in a range past a due date to complete the task. I have that due date represented in a cell in the same sheet, in case I need to make reference to that date in the conditional formatting formula. Additionally, I want to also highlight cells that reflect a date past that same due date, within the same range.
    I am having the hardest time, because all of the formulas I find use a moving date, usually in relation to today, or weekends, or holidays. I believe what I need should be much simpler than those. Help!

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above - Conditionally format dates in Excel based on the current date. If they don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail, I’ll try to suggest a solution.

    2. Ok ok... I solved the the second part of my question with a pre-made, greater than formula. Still... the first formula I still don't know how to do it.

      As a reminder, I need the cells in a column to light up if the date on a cell that I will be updating every month has passed, and the cells in that column are blank, indicating the task has either not been completed, or the employee has not recorded their task. Please help.

  47. i have put this formula in my excel conditional formation but it show me date of one day before Sunday. =WEEKDAY($B3,2)>6
    please can you help me out.

  48. Hi All

    I really need your help.

    I have an inventory in and out log. It logs date an asset was issued and date it was returned. I have everything in a drop down menu and i need the following. these assets are loaned out on a daily basis and returned on a daily basis. (Or supposed to be) there are other assets issued on a semi permanent basis
    My drop down items on another sheet are (data validation):
    Issued (Conditional Formatting Turns the Cell Yellow if issued is selected)
    Returned (Conditional Formatting turns the cell Green if returned is selected)
    Semi-Permanent (Conditional Formatting turns the cell orange if semi-permanent is selected)
    Lost (turns red when selected)
    Stolen (turns purple when selected)

    If the cell with the date issued is today, the cell containing the selected status "Issued" turns yellow. Issued is a drop down item on another sheet.
    If the cell with the date issued is older than today and the status of the asset still says issued I want the cell to change from yellow fill saying Issued, to Red fill and say "OVERDUE" in bold white. OVERDUE is not a drop down item on another sheet.
    Essentially every night at midnight i want the status of the assent issued.

    Perhaps i should add OVERDUE to the drop down items but im really not sure

    1. Hello!
      The value in a cell with a drop-down list cannot be changed automatically. To change the value in a cell to “OVERDUE” according to the conditions, use the IF AND combination. You can change the color of this cell with conditional formatting.

  49. Hi,

    I have a table which contains two columns with dates. I want to highlight in one of the columns the dates that are greater with 3 or more days than the dates în the other column. How can i do this?

    Thank you.

  50. Hello,
    I am trying to create an expense reimbursement sheet for my office.
    I have a date column (to indicate when the expense was incurred), that people will manually fill.
    I would want a "Period" section that automatically fills out depending on those dates.
    i.e. An employee incurred expenses 03/01/2022 and 04/05/22. How can the period section automatically change to "03/01/2022-04/05/2022."?
    Thank you so much!

      1. Thank you!
        So I have done that, the issue is that the second "A2" will be changing depending on the number of items, that they will enter, so it sometimes will be A3 or A4, or A5, etc. I have also tried doing a Min Max and concatenate, but I feel I'm missing a part on that second part.

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