Conditional Formatting

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Dee

I have a formula in Conditional formatting that changes the color of the cell
if a date in that cell is equal to today's date less 2 months and todays date
plus 2 months. This works fine thanks to you guys helping me with the
formula. However, if I change the date in the cell because there is now a new
retest date and the date is more than 2 months, the cell stays red. How can I
get the cell to change to a different color if I put in a new date that does
not meet the criteria.

Thanks again for any help.

Best regards,

Dee
 
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Bob Phillips

It should work okay. What is the formula, and do you have manual calculation
set?

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HTH

RP
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Dee

Hi Bob,

The formula is:
=AND(F3>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,DAY(TODAY())),F3<=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())+2,DAY(TODAY())))=AND(F3>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,DAY(TODAY())),F3<=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())+2,DAY(TODAY())))

If I change the cell to a different retest date that is say 6 months from
today, the cell remains red in color. Should it not change to the default
black?

Thanks very much for your help.

Regards,

Dee
 
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Bob Phillips

Dee,

As far as I can see, you are comparing two identical formula, so it will
always resolve to true, so always be red. Just strip it back to one test

=AND(F3>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,DAY(TODAY())),F3<=DATE(YEAR(TOD
AY()),MONTH(TODAY())+2,DAY(TODAY())))

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HTH

RP
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Dee

Dear Bob,

I deleted one instance of the formual and everything is working perfect.
Thank you so much for your help. You are awesome!

Best regards,

Dee
 
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