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Hi,<br />
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I am trying to do a &nbsp;date comparison in Excel 2010. I have a column of order dates. I am trying to determine if the order date is before 4/14/2014. &nbsp;If column &nbsp;A2 has an order date 6/10/2010 and I do the following formula in cell B2: &nbsp; =A2&lt;4/14/2014, I get FALSE. &nbsp;If I change the formula in B2 to: = A2&lt; Today() &nbsp;I get TRUE. How can that be when both TODAY() and 4/14/2014 are both later than &nbsp;6/10/2010?<br />
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Is this a date formatting issue?<br />
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Please advise.<br />
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Thanks!
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Hi,

I am trying to do a  date comparison in Excel 2010. I have a column of order dates. I am trying to determine if the order date is before 4/14/2014.  If column  A2 has an order date 6/10/2010 and I do the following formula in cell B2:   =A2<4/14/2014, I get FALSE.  If I change the formula in B2 to: = A2< Today()  I get TRUE. How can that be when both TODAY() and 4/14/2014 are both later than  6/10/2010?

Is this a date formatting issue?

Please advise.

Thanks!

How to do Excel date comparison

Hi,

I am trying to do a  date comparison in Excel 2010. I have a column of order dates. I am trying to determine if the order date is before 4/14/2014.  If column  A2 has an order date 6/10/2010 and I do the following formula in cell B2:   =A2&lt;4/14/2014, I get FALSE.  If I change the formula in B2 to: = A2&lt; Today()  I get TRUE. How can that be when both TODAY() and 4/14/2014 are both later than  6/10/2010?

Is this a date formatting issue?

Please advise.

Thanks!

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