How to have a date change to a red background

Matthew Johnson

I have 2 columns: one is an expected ship date and the other is current ship date. I want a red background to change automatically if the ship date is later. What is the best way to go about this?

Andrée Starå

Hi @Matthew Johnson

I hope you're well and safe!

You'd need to add a so-called helper column with a formula to compare the dates and then reference it in the Conditional Formatting rule.

Make sense?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Sameer Karkhanis

You can create a helper column to get the difference in the dates, and then use conditional formatting on this helper column to format the date column.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Matthew Johnson

I hope you're well and safe!

You'd need to add a so-called helper column with a formula to compare the dates and then reference it in the Conditional Formatting rule.

Make sense?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Matthew Johnson

I was hoping that wasn't the case, but that helps out. Thank you for answering!

Andrée Starå

@Matthew Johnson

Excellent!

Happy to help!

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