Count Days down to a due date

Brianne

If I have a "Due Date" column, and I want another column to calculate the amount of days leading up to that date… what formula would be created? It would be marked "Closed" if completed and "Open" if not completed.

Additionally when that item is passed the "due date" and still "Open" we would like to count the amount of days overdue in a negative number. What would we use here?

Carson Penticuff

It sounds like the column you are placing the formula into is formatted as Date, but (if I understand your case correctly) it should be Text/Number.

Carson Penticuff

=IF(AND(ISDATE([Due Date]@row), Status@row = "Open"), [Due Date]@row - TODAY(), "")

This assumes you have a column titled Status.

Brianne

@Carson Penticuff

This gives me #Date Expected

Carson Penticuff

It sounds like the column you are placing the formula into is formatted as Date, but (if I understand your case correctly) it should be Text/Number.

Brianne

Oh my goodness - You are right! My apologies. Thank you!

Carson Penticuff

👍

Brianne

Is there a way to make the negative numbers red?

Carson Penticuff

You can do this with conditional formatting.

Brianne

You have saved my Friday Brain !! Thank you so much. I should have known that. Just assumed it was within the formula