Help with Date and Conditional formatting

maximillianrg

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Hello Excel Masters

in cell G25 I have the date 22-JAN-2024 which was populated using the below formula

=IF(COUNTIF(Helper!A:A,LEFT(TEXTAFTER(L25,"ETA: "),8))=1,LEFT(TEXTAFTER(L25,"ETA: "),8),IF(COUNTIF(Helper!B:B,LEFT(TEXTAFTER(L25,"ETA: "),11))=1,LEFT(TEXTAFTER(L25,"ETA: "),11),"Date Format Error"))

The below formula returns False if the date in cell G25 is in the future and False if it is in the past

=IF(DATEVALUE(TEXT(TODAY(),"dd-MMM-yyyy"))>DATEVALUE(G25),"T","F")

I want to set up conditional formatting to highlight all cells in column G that are in the past so I need help tweeking the above formula.

Note: Due to the way I am extracting the date in the first formula using > today() does not work
 

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in cell G25 I have the date 22-JAN-2024
To be very clear, in G25 you have the text string "22-JAN-2024". It is not a date, it just looks like a date.

Your conditional formatting formula needs be an expression that evaluates to TRUE or FALSE, not "T" or "F". Also your date processing is much more complicated than it needs to be. Simplify to:
Excel Formula:
=TODAY()>DATEVALUE(G25)

Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G1:G12G1=UPPER(TEXT(F1,"dd-MMM-yyyy"))
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
G1:G12Expression=TODAY()>DATEVALUE(G1)textNO
 
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Afterthought: I don't know what else you are doing with the data in column G but you might be better off enclosing the whole formula in DATEVAULE() so that it is date data instead of text.
 
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