The problem with this formula is it doesn't support dates which are in
different years. Dave's is a better solution.

Regards,
Fred

"Roger Govier" wrote in message
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Hi Ian

=if(Month(readdate)<month(startdate),"yes","no")
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Regards
Roger Govier

Ian wrote:
I have two date colums
StartDate
ReadDate

I want to find all the readdates that are in months prior to the
startdate

Eg if(readdate<startdate,"yes","no")

the problem is that if the readdate is in the same month (or any later
date) as the startdate I want a "no' returned. Is there any way to
compare to dates in a mm/yyyy format?