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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! |
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Whether I format cells a Custom dd-mmm, as Date 2001-03-14 or as date
14-03-2001, or wether I format as any combination of these, it works for me? -- Hth Kassie Kasselman Change xxx to hotmail "relo rob" wrote: 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! |
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Kassie,
Thanks for the response. Are you saying the conditional format is right I just don't have my column formated right? I need the cells column I2 to change a color if they are expire before the dates in J2? "kassie" wrote: Whether I format cells a Custom dd-mmm, as Date 2001-03-14 or as date 14-03-2001, or wether I format as any combination of these, it works for me? -- Hth Kassie Kasselman Change xxx to hotmail "relo rob" wrote: 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! |
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No reason why it should not work.
BTW: parens not needed, use =I2<J2 Experiment by typing two dates in some blank cells (maybe in a new workbook) If you still cannot get it to work come back, were want to help! best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "relo rob" wrote in message ... 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! |
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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 ... 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! |
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Here is a small sampling of my file. Clearly not all of these should be false
I J K 09/09/2007 11/7/2007 FALSE 09/10/2007 9/6/2007 FALSE 09/14/2007 9/10/2007 FALSE 09/14/2007 9/10/2007 FALSE 09/15/2007 9/11/2007 FALSE 09/16/2007 9/12/2007 FALSE 09/17/2007 9/13/2007 FALSE 09/24/2007 9/24/2007 FALSE 09/29/2007 9/30/2007 FALSE 10/01/2007 9/15/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 9/27/2007 FALSE 10/05/2007 10/2/2007 FALSE 10/08/2007 10/5/2007 FALSE 10/11/2007 10/8/2007 FALSE 10/14/2007 10/11/2007 FALSE 10/15/2007 10/13/2007 FALSE I would like to use conditional formatting so any date in column I that is prior to or before the date in column J is highlighted. The way it is now I am just using I<J and not all of them should be false. What am I doing wrong. "David Biddulph" wrote: 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 ... 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! |
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Why not start by reading my message and looking at the points in that?
-- David Biddulph "relo rob" wrote in message ... Here is a small sampling of my file. Clearly not all of these should be false I J K 09/09/2007 11/7/2007 FALSE 09/10/2007 9/6/2007 FALSE 09/14/2007 9/10/2007 FALSE 09/14/2007 9/10/2007 FALSE 09/15/2007 9/11/2007 FALSE 09/16/2007 9/12/2007 FALSE 09/17/2007 9/13/2007 FALSE 09/24/2007 9/24/2007 FALSE 09/29/2007 9/30/2007 FALSE 10/01/2007 9/15/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 10/1/2007 FALSE 10/04/2007 9/27/2007 FALSE 10/05/2007 10/2/2007 FALSE 10/08/2007 10/5/2007 FALSE 10/11/2007 10/8/2007 FALSE 10/14/2007 10/11/2007 FALSE 10/15/2007 10/13/2007 FALSE I would like to use conditional formatting so any date in column I that is prior to or before the date in column J is highlighted. The way it is now I am just using I<J and not all of them should be false. What am I doing wrong. "David Biddulph" wrote: 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 ... 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! |
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