Calculating if today is someone's birthday

[Ged]

I have a list of names with date of birth, how do I work out if today is
someone's birthday?

It may seem easy just to scan through the list to spot the right day, but
I've got 15000 lines, so that's not really an option!

Thanks in advance

 

[Simon]

I have a list of names with date of birth, how do I work out if today is
someone's birthday?

It may seem easy just to scan through the list to spot the right day, but
I've got 15000 lines, so that's not really an option!

Thanks in advance

Parse, or convert to global number from the dates compared to birth
date and use IF function. Maybe use global date excluding year so can
find for next year.

 

[Bob Phillips]

=INDEX(M1:M200,MATCH(1,(MONTH(TODAY())=MONTH(N1:N200))*(DAY(TODAY())=DAY(N1:N200)),0))

where I am assuming the names are in column M, the birthdays .

This is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not just Enter

 

[Ged]

Presumably the N1:200 that you have there twice should be M?

 

[Bob Phillips]

No, I am testing the month and the day, so it should be N each time.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I would add a column that just shows the month and day:

=text(a2,"mmm dd")

Then drag down as far as needed.

Then I could filter/sort by this column to see the birthdays I wanted.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Did you array enter it?

 

[Ged]

That's slightly easier!

I'd still like to get the other method to work, just because I'm stubborn.

 

[Ged]

Yes, but i had the columns wrong. Now I get the result 114541 (or 07/08/2213
in date format) on a birthday of 30/11/1938

 

[TomPl]

Just put an autofilter on the data, then filter for today's date.

Tom

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you actually filter on today's date (m/d/y), then that would tell you who was
born today--not the people who are celebrating their birthdays today.

 

[TomPl]

Guess I didn't think that through.

If you actually filter on today's date (m/d/y), then that would tell you who was
born today--not the people who are celebrating their birthdays today.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

I have a list of names with date of birth, how do I work out if today is
someone's birthday?

It may seem easy just to scan through the list to spot the right day, but
I've got 15000 lines, so that's not really an option!

Thanks in advance

If the dates are in this format: 8/22/2008, 8/22/1999, for example, then
a simple "Find All" and entering 8/22 should locate both dates.

Why complicate matters?

Bill