How do I highlight a cell where yesterday's date has passed?

[Chancewouldbeafinething]

Hi all,

For meeting tracking purposes, I'd like to create a conditional formatting formula where yesterday's date flags up in green, so I know to chase up on the outcome.

I have successfully done this for today's date (highlighting it in pink) using the formula =FIND(TEXT(TODAY(),"dd/mm/yyyy"),L1), but whenever I change 'TODAY' to 'YESTERDAY' for the new rule, the formula doesn't work.

What am I missing?

 

[AlanY]

yesterday() is not an excel function, try today()-1 instead

 

[etaf]

not sure what range you are using from the image

in conditional formatting - you can use
=DATEVALUE(LEFT(A2,10))=TODAY()-1
for yesterday
as well as
=DATEVALUE(LEFT(A2,10))=TODAY()
for today

for 2007, 2010 , 2013 , 2016 , 2019 or 365 Subscription excel version
Conditional Formatting

Highlight applicable range >>
A2:A100 - Change, reduce or extend the rows to meet your data range of rows

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:
=DATEVALUE(LEFT(A2,10))=TODAY()-1

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

Note: Images are difficult to see , and also requires that I input all the data myself, which means I may make an error, which is very time consuming, and from my point of view less likely to get a response, if a complicated spreadsheet. Plus we cannot see any of the formulas used.

Therefore -

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.

MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data and will allow us to copy/paste your sample data into our Excel spreadsheets, saving a lot of time.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

Test Here

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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

 

[Chancewouldbeafinething]

Thanks so much both - I'll give the above a go and report back!

 

[Chancewouldbeafinething]

yesterday() is not an excel function, try today()-1 instead

This worked, thanks so much!

 

[AlanY]

This worked, thanks so much!

you're welcome