Conditional Formatting & Dates?

[Guest]

This is probably a really simple question, but I can't get my head around it.

In one Column I have a list of dates, and above it I have a calendar
template. I want to set up conditional formatting so that if a date appears
in the list, the cell of that date on the calendar is highlighted yellow.

I've used:
=$B$51:$B$105=DATE(2005,1,7)
I put this in the cell of 7th Jan 05 (not US format) This worked great and
the cell was highlighted. But when I try it with any other date after 9th
Jan 2005 it fails!
ie.
=$B$51:$B$105=DATE(2005,2,4) - This formula to highlight on 4th Feb doesn't
work!

What am I doing wrong?

All help is greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,

Nat

 

[Bob Phillips]

Nat,

Select B51:B105 and use a formula of

=B51=DATE(2005,1,7)

Excel will adjust the formula in each cell to that cell ref, which is what
you want.

Also better to put the compare date in a cell, say C1, and test that

=B51=$C$1

the C1 has to be absolute so that Excel does NOT update that for each cell
in the selected range.

 

[Guest]

Hi Bob,

I'm a little confused and not sure if I was clear enough.
The list of dates from B51-B105 changes depending on data entered on a
different sheet, so the dates in that list aren't the same every time. In my
calendar, I want the cell to search for it's date in that list and if it's
there, highlight in yellow.

It works great for Jan 1 - 9 using conditional formatting on that cell in my
calendar with Formula Is =$B$51:$B$105=DATE(2005,1,3) but when I update the
date for anything after that it doesn't work.

I thought I was just adding the dates in wrong somehow??

Thanks, hope this makes sense )

Nat

 

[Max]

Perhaps just another interp / play ..

Assume the calendar dates are in B51:B105
(From: 01-Jan-05 till 24-Feb-05)

And you have a list of 5 dates in say, B107:B111

07-Jan-05
09-Jan-05
11-Jan-05
23-Feb-05
20-Feb-05

Select B51:B105

Click Format > Conditional Formatting
Under Condition 1, put it as
Formula is:
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(B51,$B$107:$B$111,0))
Click Format button > Patterns tab > Yellow > OK
Click OK at the main dialog

The above will colour the 5 cells within B51:B105
with dates matching those within B107:B111

 

[Max]

Nat, I've just posted another interp / play for you to try out. See whether
that's on ..

 

[Bob Phillips]

OK, maybe select all the cells to compare, say C1:c10 and try a formula of

=COUNTIF($B$51:$B$105,C1)>0