I am a beginner at excel and very confused, if cell h7 is my bday and i7 is
the date I recieved it what would it look like. I figured from your example
it would be
=IF(I7<H7(),H7()-I7 & " Days early",I7-H7() & " Days Late") and thats not
working.
Your cell references should be H7, not H7().
TODAY() is a function, and the parentheses are part of the syntax of the
function (as you'll see from Excel help for the function); H7 is a cell
reference, not a function, and it's H7, not H7().