This is an example of what I am trying to do

Cell A1 1/1/04
A2 12/31/04
A3 1/1/07

If A2-A1 = 1460
A3-A2 = 731
Since A2-A1 is greater than A3-A2 I want to take the difference from
1460-731 (729) and add that to 1/1/04 to make a new date of 12/31/02 but if
the difference between A2-A1 and A3-A2 is negative, I want to return A3 as
the date.
Thanks

Try this code

Sub Dates()
firstdates = Range("a2") - Range("a1")
seconddates = Range("a3") - Range("a2")
If seconddates firstdates Then
MsgBox Range("a3")
Else
MsgBox Range("a1") + firstdates - seconddates
End If
End Sub

Ian G

If you want a formula to do the same, try
=IF((2*A2-A1-A3)<0,A3,(2*A2-A3))

Ian G

Thank you Ian!

"Ian G" wrote:

If you want a formula to do the same, try
=IF((2*A2-A1-A3)<0,A3,(2*A2-A3))

Ian G