I want any date 90 days or older from current date change color

[Big Abalone]

I am trying to set up a worksheet for work. I would like to have some
conditional formatting. In the date worked column will be dates going back
months if not years. I would like to set up color changes for dates that are
90, 120, 150 days older then the date at the time of opening the worksheet
=now(). Dates that are less then 90 days will have no color.

I am a fisherman and with this worksheet I could tell in a glance how long
it had been since I last worked an area.

[JohnGuts]

If A1 has the cell you want to change color and it contains the date the last time you were in an area, try the following:

FORMAT/CONDITIONAL FORMATING

In Condition 1 choose FORMULA IS from the dropdown
In the formula area type =NOW()-A1>90

Then hit condition and format as you wish (change background, text color, etc)

Do the same and change 90 to what ever length you want to check for.

This will subtract A1 from today's date, and if > 90, it will format as you set.

Happy & Safe fishing.

John

[Big Abalone]

"JohnGuts" wrote:

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> If A1 has the cell you want to change color and it contains the date the
> last time you were in an area, try the following:
>
> FORMAT/CONDITIONAL FORMATING
>
> In Condition 1 choose FORMULA IS from the dropdown
> In the formula area type =NOW()-A1>90
>
> Then hit condition and format as you wish (change background, text
> color, etc)
>
> Do the same and change 90 to what ever length you want to check for.
>
> This will subtract A1 from today's date, and if > 90, it will format as
> you set.
>
> Happy & Safe fishing.
>
> John
>
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> Thanks I will give it a go tomarrow...beat now, will let you know

[JohnGuts]

OK good luck. FYI, you can use up to 3 conditions in the conditional formating. Do the 1st one with 90 days, the second with 120, etc.

John

[Big Abalone]

"JohnGuts" wrote:

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> OK good luck. FYI, you can use up to 3 conditions in the conditional
> formating. Do the 1st one with 90 days, the second with 120, etc.
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> John
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> Ok, it works except the cells in the date column without dates also are filled with color. Is there a way to not to have the empty cells filled. Every other cell in the date column is empty. Can I keep them from coloring also.

[Ragdyer]

See your post in the excel group.
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Regards,

RD

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> > OK good luck. FYI, you can use up to 3 conditions in the conditional
> > formating. Do the 1st one with 90 days, the second with 120, etc.
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> > Ok, it works except the cells in the date column without dates also are
filled with color. Is there a way to not to have the empty cells filled.
Every other cell in the date column is empty. Can I keep them from coloring
also.
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