If your data values are really numbers formatted as dates, then your formula
should work.
Perhaps some of them are text rather than numbers? Check with =ISNUMBER(I2)
and =ISTEXT(I2) (and correspondingly for J2). Otherwise you can check by
changing the format temporarily to something like dd-mmm-yyyy; if they
don't change, they're presumably text.
--
David Biddulph

"relo rob" wrote in message
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I have two columns starting at I2 and J2. I need a formula that will tell
me
what dates in I2 come before or expire before those in J2. Right now I
have
the columns formatted as Number, Date, 03/14/2001. I have tried =(I2<J2)
but
that is not working and I guess it's because I am comparing dates and not
#'s.

Help!