VBA code to find the closest earlier date from a range

kirtesh250187

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Hi,

Is there a way from which we can find the closest earlier date to a date from a range. My range for each date will change every time. I want to find the closest earlier date to the one in Dates column below.

[TABLE="width: 118"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Dates[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15-Jun-18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15-Mar-18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15-Feb-18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5-Oct-17[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


[TABLE="width: 304"]
<colgroup><col span="4"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Range for date 1[/TD]
[TD]Range for date 2[/TD]
[TD]Range for date 3[/TD]
[TD]Range for date 4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20-May-18[/TD]
[TD]31-May-18[/TD]
[TD]20-May-18[/TD]
[TD]16-Apr-18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18-Apr-18[/TD]
[TD]28-Feb-18[/TD]
[TD]18-Feb-18[/TD]
[TD]16-Jan-18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19-Mar-18[/TD]
[TD]30-Nov-17[/TD]
[TD]20-Nov-17[/TD]
[TD]16-Oct-17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18-Feb-18[/TD]
[TD]31-Aug-17[/TD]
[TD]20-Aug-17[/TD]
[TD]17-Jul-17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21-Jan-18[/TD]
[TD]31-May-17[/TD]
[TD]18-May-17[/TD]
[TD]18-Apr-17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17-Dec-17[/TD]
[TD]28-Feb-17[/TD]
[TD]16-Feb-17[/TD]
[TD]17-Jan-17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]30-Nov-16[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]17-Oct-16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]31-Aug-16[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]15-Jul-16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]31-May-16[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Thanks
 

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Excel Workbook
ABCD
1DatesEarlier Date
215-Jun-1820-May-18
315-Mar-1828-Feb-18
415-Feb-1820-Nov-17
55-Oct-1717-Jul-17
6
7Range for date 1Range for date 2Range for date 3Range for date 4
820-May-1831-May-1820-May-1816-Apr-18
918-Apr-1828-Feb-1818-Feb-1816-Jan-18
1019-Mar-1830-Nov-1720-Nov-1716-Oct-17
1118-Feb-1831-Aug-1720-Aug-1717-Jul-17
1221-Jan-1831-May-1718-May-1718-Apr-17
1317-Dec-1728-Feb-1716-Feb-1717-Jan-17
1430-Nov-1617-Oct-16
1531-Aug-1615-Jul-16
1631-May-16
17
Earlier Date



Edit: I forgot the thread title said vba. Do you really need the vba?
 
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Yes, this is what i am looking for but can we do it via macro because it wanted to make it a part of another larger macro. Thanks
 
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For that layout, try
Code:
Sub EarlierDate()
  Dim lr As Long, c As Long
  Dim r As Range
  
  Const fr As Long = 8
  
  For Each r In Range("A2", Range("A1").End(xlDown))
    c = c + 1
    lr = Cells(Rows.Count, c).End(xlUp).Row
    r.Offset(, 1).Value = Evaluate(Replace(Replace(Replace( _
                          "aggregate(14,6,index($a$#:$d$%,0,rows(a$2:a@))/(index($a$#:$d$%,0,rows(a$2:a@))<a@),1)" _
                          , "#", fr), "%", lr), "@", r.Row))
  Next r
End Sub
 
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