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I have a series of dates in each cell. I need a formula that will show me
the most current date.

ex:
cell a1: 9/11/07
cell a2: 7/4/06
cell a3: 5/4/08
cell a4: 7/9/08

Answer: 7/9/08
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Because dates in Excel are simply numbers try

=MAX(A1:A10)

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I have a series of dates in each cell. I need a formula that will show me
the most current date.

ex:
cell a1: 9/11/07
cell a2: 7/4/06
cell a3: 5/4/08
cell a4: 7/9/08

Answer: 7/9/08

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