AND, MAX

[PAL]

I am working with the formula below. G2 and I2 are dates, or blank. If both
are blank, I would like a blank in the field, if one or both have dates, I
would like the latest date.

=IF(AND(G2,I2)="","",MAX(G2,I2))

Please advise why I get the #Value! error.

Thanks.

 

[klswvu]

=IF(AND(ISBLANK(G5),ISBLANK(I5)),"",MAX(G5,I5))

inside the AND complete two logical tests

 

[T. Valko]

=IF(AND(G2,I2)="","",MAX(G2,I2))

Please advise why I get the #Value! error

As written, your formula needs to be array entered so AND will evaluate
*all* of its arguments.

However, you don't need an array formula to do this. Try it like this:

=IF(COUNT(G2,I2),MAX(G2,I2),"")

 

[PAL]

Thanks. It produces blanks in all cases. That is blanks regardless of
whether there are no dates, 1 date or 2 dates. Could this be a format issue?
The dates are formatted as 01-jan-2000.

 

[PAL]

Thanks. When I use this, the value that comes out when a date is appropriate
is 0-jan-oooo. Is it a formating issue.

 

[T. Valko]

Could this be a format issue?

The dates are formatted as 01-jan-2000.

Then your dates aren't true Excel dates. They're probably TEXT strings that
look like dates. If you have what you think are dates in any of those cells
then:

=COUNT(G2,I2)

Will return a number other than 0.

Since you're only dealing with 2 cells try this:

Select the cells in question
Goto the menu Format>Cells>Number tab
Select GENERAL
OK

Manually re-enter the dates in those cells.

Basically, what you're doing is resetting the format *but* it won't reset
until you edit the cell by re-entering the dates.

 

[PAL]

Yes, that works. I initially tried to reformat the cells, but that didn't do
it. Retyping did. The data is from an export and there are a few hundred
lines. The retyping part isn't practical.

 

[RagDyer]

Try opening and closing TTC.

Select the column of dates in question, then, from the Menu Bar,
<Data> <Text To Columns> <Finish>

This should make all those dates XL "Legal".

If this doesn't work, you might have imbedded invisible characters from the
web.

Post back if that's the case.

 

[T. Valko]

You can try this:

Select the range of cells in question
Goto the menu Data>Text to Columns
Click Next>Next
In step 3, select DATE>MDY>Finish

Sometimes that will convert text dates to true Excel dates.