Cell C2 has a future date in it (1/6/2015).

Range N5:N51 holds various dates. I need to conditionally format the range with a formula like =(=<C2-1097), to format the cells for dates equal to or before 1/6/2012. What would the formula be?

Hi
select N5:N51 and use as CF then format as required

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Hi Pecoflyer, Thanks for your reply. I copied the formula into CF rules, formatted, and got: "The formula you typed contains an error......" I also tried it on a single cell, with the same result. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Pecoflyer, Got rid of the error with: =$N5<=DATE(YEAR($C$2-3),MONTH($C$2),DAY($C$2)), but now all dates are coming up formatted - the formula is saying every date is TRUE, which is incorrect.

SOLUTION: =$N5<=DATE(YEAR($C$2-3),MONTH($C$2),DAY($C$2)). The "-3" is interpreted as days in the YEAR expression. If "-3" is replaced with "1097", the formula works.

Typo of mine it shoud be YEAR($C$2)-3 . Sorry about the mistake

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Not a problem. Thanks for the help.