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Conditional formatting to alert me when a delivery date is due

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    Conditional formatting to alert me when a delivery date is due

    Dear All,

    I am creating a spreadsheet to monitor if I deliver on time the orders placed between me and my clients.
    In a column I have added dates when each order has to be delivered.

    Using the Conditional Formatting I have managed to set the cell to change color when the order is late (red) and 1 week before when it will be supposed to be sent (orange):

    =TODAY()-A1>=0

    =TODAY()-A1<7

    I also would like to alert me 1 month before the delivery date but once I set the formula (with yellow color):

    =TODAY()-A1<30

    The cell doesn't change color and It stays orange.

    I also would like the cell remain white when the delivery date is not due until one month before.


    I hope I have been enough clear, my excel knowledge and my english are not that great!

    Thank you

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    Re: Conditional formatting to alert me when a delivery date is due

    hi Rex81, welcome to the forum. let's say today is 11th Jan 2013. and there are 3 dates for delivery:
    11 Jan 2013
    10 Jan 2013
    13 Dec 2012

    all your formulas used TODAY() - the dates in A1. so the numbers are:
    0
    1
    29
    aren't they all greater than 0? this means all will be highlighted red. first 2 are less than 7, so they will be highlighted orange. and all of them are less than 30, so they will be highlighted yellow. it all depends on which rule you put in first.

    and the 2nd & 3rd rules seem to be logically wrong too. it should be an alert before today's date, so TODAY minus a future date ought to be a negative. hence, orange can be:
    =AND(TODAY()-A1<0,TODAY()-A1>=-7)
    this means it must be between -1 to -7

    then yellow can be:
    =TODAY()-A5=-30
    that is if you want the date difference to be exactly 30 to highlight.
    or;
    =AND(TODAY()-A1<-7,TODAY()-A1>=-30)
    to make it in between 8 to 30

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