Go to Format | Conditional Formatting

in the first drop dpwn select Formula Is

in the second box type =$C$2<TODAY()

(C2 is the cell that contains the date)

Click Format | Patterns Tab | Select the color.

hope this helps.


"Kathrine" wrote in message
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I want some of my cells to automatically change color by conditional
formating.

1 condition for coloring/formating is that a separte cell on the
spreadsheet
contains a date that is older than today....past time.

How can I write this condition?