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    Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Hi all, looking for some help with creating a conditional formatting formula for dates between 30-60 months, basically for anything 2 months from today's date.
    I've googled and came up with this =AND($H2-TODAY()>=30, $H2-TODAY()<=60) but I can't get it to work as a conditional formatting rule. I've changed the cells' formatting to reflect the colors I want, so it's not like I'm forgetting that piece.
    This is what I'm trying to do. In the image below, I want the dates in October to be highlighted. And then when it's September, I want the months in November to be highlight, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    What happens when you use that as a CF rule (New Rule/Use Formula)?
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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Try
    =TEXT($H2,"MMMYY")=TEXT(EDATE(TODAY(),2),"MMMYY")
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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Quote Originally Posted by nflsales View Post
    Try
    =TEXT($H2,"MMMYY")=TEXT(EDATE(TODAY(),2),"MMMYY")
    When I try that, nothing happens still. I'm still learning excel but am I suppose to change something or just copy and paste as is? (I just copied and pasted as is into a new CF rule using the "use a formula" rule type and nothing worked). I'm missing something.
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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Quote Originally Posted by FDibbins View Post
    What happens when you use that as a CF rule (New Rule/Use Formula)?
    Nothing happens. I must be missing something.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Did you highlight the range you want to apply this to?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    I've included the excel as an attachment. I deleted personal information but left the dates.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    It's working fine as far as I can see. The rules you have set do not use formulae.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Quote Originally Posted by FDibbins View Post
    Did you highlight the range you want to apply this to?
    Yes, I do/did. I double check in the Rules Manager under "Applies To" but it still doesn't work for me. Again, I know I must be missing some vital step.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    It's working fine as far as I can see. The rules you have set do not use formulae.
    So I just used the excel programs CF for dates for this month and next month. I'd like to have the excel document highlight dates 2 months from today. But I can't get the formula to work. Ahh ... since the formula that I originally posted didn't work for me, I took it out of the attached excel doc! Should I have left that in there?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Try this for your green rule:

    =H2>=EOMONTH(TODAY(),1)+1

    Does it do what you want?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Any good for you?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    If that takes care of your original question, please select Thread Tools from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED. Thanks.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Maybe it'll be easier if I reupload the excel document with the CF formula inside. Can anyone hep me figure out where I'm going wrong with that rule? Again, I want dates two months from today to be a certain color (in this case yellow. But as you will see in the excel document, lots of dates turn yellow, even ones that are two years from now). I already have the dates from this month and next month a certain color because that's already built into excel. Thank you!
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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    If you want the CF to apply to column I as well, remove the "$" in front of "H": =AND(H2-TODAY()>=30, H2-TODAY()<=60)

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    Re: Conditional Formatting for 2 months from today

    Quote Originally Posted by josephteh View Post
    If you want the CF to apply to column I as well, remove the "$" in front of "H": =AND(H2-TODAY()>=30, H2-TODAY()<=60)
    Thank you so much! You've solved my problem! It appears to be working now!

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