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    Conditional format where cell value is a past date

    I have a table that lists the every person in the company and the date they completed their last annual certification.
    There are multiple annual certifications for each person.
    The table looks something like following:
    LastName, FirstName, Cert01, Cert01, Cert03, Comments
    Johnson, Jack, 06/12/15, 01/30/15, 01/01/15, Comment

    All dates are in the past. All certifications are annual.
    I need to fill the cell of each certification date (the original cell) 3 months prior to their next annual, up until it will be due (which is 1 year from the original date).
    Sorry, I get confused when trying to write the formula out...

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    Re: Conditional format where cell value is a past date

    you can use conditional formatting to fill the date when it is 3months to todays() date

    use a formula
    =cell with date in < DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY()))

    assuming your data is in C2:E200
    select that range and then use
    = C2 < DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY()))


    for 2007, 2010 or 2013 excel version
    Conditional Formatting

    Highlight applicable range >>

    C2:E200


    Home Tab >> Styles >> Conditional Formatting
    New Rule >> Use a formula to determine which cells to format
    Edit the Rule Description: Format values where this formula is true:


    = C2 < DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-3,DAY(TODAY()))


    Format… [Number, Font, Border, Fill]
    choose the format you would like to apply when the condition is true
    OK >> OK


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    Re: Conditional format where cell value is a past date

    That worked perfectly. Your formal looks way more complicated than what I was trying to do (which is probably why it didn't work.)
    Thanks!!

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    Re: Conditional format where cell value is a past date

    I usually use the DATE() function - which does look complicated
    but all its doing is finding the date() from the cell
    using year(), month() , day()
    and then i subtract the number from one of those items
    OR you could just take of 90days , if you not worried about accuracy, ie feb has less days etc

    = C2 < today() -90

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