Conditional formatting dates

[ThedoreHolley]

I am trying to conditional format a column that has dates. (D-mmm-yy).
I want to highlight dates that are 18 months -23 months amber. And anything 24 or older red.

 

[etaf]

are they real dates
any way
conditional formatting rule

Assuming dates in column a row 2
in this order and stop if true
=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))
format red

2nd rule
=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))
format yellow

Book1
	A
1
2	9/11/22
3	7/23/22
4	6/3/22
5	4/14/22
6	2/23/22
7	1/4/22
8	11/15/21
9	9/26/21
10	8/7/21
11	6/18/21
12	4/29/21
13	3/10/21
14	1/19/21
15	11/30/20
16	10/11/20
17	8/22/20
18	7/3/20
19	5/14/20
20	3/25/20
21	2/4/20
22	12/16/19
23	10/27/19
24	9/7/19
25	7/19/19
26	5/30/19
27	4/10/19
28	2/19/19
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A3:A28	A3	=A2-50

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A2:A32	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES
A2:A29	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

This will possibly enable a quicker and more accurate solution for you.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC

then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share

I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.
Please make sure you have a representative data sample and also that the data has been desensitised, remember this site is open to anyone with internet access to see - so any sensitive / personal data should be removed

Make sure you set any share or google to share to everyone

 

[ThedoreHolley]

Here is the data I am using. I used the formula send, but as you can see it's all amber.

 

[etaf]

ok, did you put them in the same order
and stop of true

 

[ThedoreHolley]

I did them in order and as soon as apply the 2nd rule it is overriding the 1st.

 

[ThedoreHolley]

ok, did you put them in the same order
and stop of true

I wonder if it's is because I need 18-23 to have the second rule.

 

[etaf]

STOP IF TRUE _ ticked ?

 

[ThedoreHolley]

STOP IF TRUE _ ticked ?

Yes

 

[etaf]

and red one first

for amber rule you could use this
=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())), A2>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))
so that it does not return TRUE for 2 years dates

as you cna see in column C - it will also be amber in the RED zone - hence why red is first and stop if true
column F has the new rule inof

C,D & F are not used - just for information

you may need an = or not depending on what you want to do if exactly 2 years or 18months - RED or YELLOW

I have added to a share - so you can open the spreadsheet

will only be on dropbox for a few days

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	DATES		AMBER	RED		AMBER
2	9/11/22		FALSE	FALSE		FALSE
3	7/23/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
4	6/3/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
5	4/14/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
6	2/23/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
7	1/4/22		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
8	11/15/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
9	9/26/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
10	8/7/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
11	6/18/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
12	4/29/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
13	3/10/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
14	1/19/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
15	11/30/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
16	10/11/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
17	8/22/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
18	7/3/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
19	5/14/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
20	3/25/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
21	2/4/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
22	12/16/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
23	10/27/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
24	9/7/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
25	7/19/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
26	5/30/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
27	4/10/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
28	2/19/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
29
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
C2:C28	C2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))
D2:D28	D2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))
A3:A28	A3	=A2-50
F2:F28	F2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())), A2>DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A2:A32	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES
A2:A29	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES

 

[ThedoreHolley]

and red one first

for amber rule you could use this
=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())), A2>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))
so that it does not return TRUE for 2 years dates

as you cna see in column C - it will also be amber in the RED zone - hence why red is first and stop if true
column F has the new rule inof

C,D & F are not used - just for information

you may need an = or not depending on what you want to do if exactly 2 years or 18months - RED or YELLOW

I have added to a share - so you can open the spreadsheet

will only be on dropbox for a few days

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	DATES		AMBER	RED		AMBER
2	9/11/22		FALSE	FALSE		FALSE
3	7/23/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
4	6/3/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
5	4/14/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
6	2/23/22		TRUE	FALSE		TRUE
7	1/4/22		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
8	11/15/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
9	9/26/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
10	8/7/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
11	6/18/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
12	4/29/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
13	3/10/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
14	1/19/21		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
15	11/30/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
16	10/11/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
17	8/22/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
18	7/3/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
19	5/14/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
20	3/25/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
21	2/4/20		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
22	12/16/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
23	10/27/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
24	9/7/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
25	7/19/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
26	5/30/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
27	4/10/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
28	2/19/19		TRUE	TRUE		FALSE
29
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
C2:C28	C2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))
D2:D28	D2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))
A3:A28	A3	=A2-50
F2:F28	F2	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())), A2>DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A2:A32	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-2,MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES
A2:A29	Expression	=AND(A2<>"",A2<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-18,DAY(TODAY())))	text	YES

Does it have with my date format is 1- May-22. d-mmm-yy