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If statements
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Thu 10 Feb 2011, 17:06Delegate Christina said...
Christina has attended:
Excel Advanced course
Excel VBA Intro Intermediate course
If statements
Please can you help me. I am trying to write a formula to say the below:
If cell Q2 is greater than 31/12/2010, then say "No 2010 loan", if not then ""
The formula I used is =IF(Q2>31/12/2010,"No 2010 loan","")
Q2 is a date and formatted as 01/08/2010
For some reason this is not bringing through the correct value, any suggestions??
Thank you
Christina
Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:30Trainer Anthony said...
RE: If statements
Hi Christina, thanks for your query. Try this:
=IF(A2>40543, "No 2010 loan", "")
Excel doesn't "see" dates, it only sees a numerical number. If you format 31/12/2010 as a number it's actually 40543, hence the formula above. You can keep Q2 formatted as a date for the users benefit, but your formula needs to test the numerical equivalent of the date, not the date formatted version.
Hope this helps,
Anthony
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