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    Conditional Format "birthday" for current week

    Hi all,

    I currently use the following formula in Conditional Formatting to highlight a persons birthday:

    =$R1=DATE(YEAR($R1),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY()))

    which changes the colour of the cell on their birthday.

    However, I need to amend this formula so that the highlighting applies to the current week, as in Sunday thru to Saturday.

    My amendments have not been successful and you cannot use the WEEKNUM function in conditional formatting for some reason!

    Any suggestions ...spellbound
    Last edited by Spellbound; 07-13-2009 at 06:07 PM.

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    Re: Conditional Format "birthday" for current week

    Try

    =AND($R1-(WEEKDAY($R1)-1)<=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())),$R1-WEEKDAY($R1)+6>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))

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    Re: Conditional Format "birthday" for current week

    Hi Bob

    Thanks for quick reply but could not get your solution to work at all.

    Incidentally, R1 is the persons DOB formatted as ??-??-??.

    Just to clarify the situation, I am trying to highlight the persons birthday by changing the colour of the cell, where their birthday falls within the current week and I need the conditional formatting to make this change of colour from the Sunday to the Saturday within the week that the birthday falls.

    Hope this helps ...spellbound

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    Re: Conditional Format "birthday" for current week

    You can't use Analysis ToolPak functions in conditional formatting, WEEKNUM is one of those.

    Try this formula in conditional formatting

    =DATE(YEAR(R1)+DATEDIF(R1,TODAY()-WEEKDAY(TODAY()),"Y")+1,MONTH(R1),DAY(R1))-TODAY()+WEEKDAY(TODAY())<=7

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    Re: Conditional Format "birthday" for current week

    Hi daddylonglegs

    Thanks for that formula, it appears to be working fine.

    I have carried out a test by adjusting the DOB for each day of the current week and it changes in the way that I want.

    So, will mark this as solved ...spellbound

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