Date prior to today with conditions

[EMY245]

Hi all,

I have the following data:

Column A: Projected completion date (normal format DD/MM/YY)
Column B: Project status (either "active" or "inactive")

I want to use conditional formatting to highlight a date prior to today but only if the project status is "active". I know the formula for the first part is =A2<TODAY() but could someone help me combine this to limit it the condition in column b?

Thanks very much in advance!

 

[EMY245]

Apologies, part of the message was cut off!
.."I know the formula for the first part is =A2<TODAY() but how can i combine this with the other condition?

Thank you