I'm finding it difficult with conditional formatting matching the month for
=today() in cell b2 for example. the purpose is to match the month for a date
ranging from d15:d24 and then highlight if the month matches.

Any ideas? ive been working on this for 3 days now. thanks.

Try this:

Select your entire range D15:D24

In Excel versions 2003 and earlier

Goto the menu FormatConditional Formatting
Select the Formula Is option
Enter this formula in the box on the right:
=MONTH(B$2)=MONTH(D15)
Click the Format button
Select the desired style(s)
OK out

In Excel 2007

Goto Home tabStylesConditional FormattingManage rulesNew ruleUse a
formula to determine which cells to format
Enter this formula in the box below:
=MONTH(B$2)=MONTH(D15)
Click the Format button
Select the desired style(s)
OK out

If there might be empty cells in your range D15:D24, or if B2 might be
empty, then use this formula:

=AND(B$2<"",D15<"",MONTH(B$2)=MONTH(D15))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"yuen" wrote in message
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I'm finding it difficult with conditional formatting matching the month
for
=today() in cell b2 for example. the purpose is to match the month for a
date
ranging from d15:d24 and then highlight if the month matches.

Any ideas? ive been working on this for 3 days now. thanks.

You can apply the CF directly w/o referencing
Select D15:D24 (with D15 active), then apply CF using Formula Is:
=AND(ISNUMBER(D15),MONTH(D15)=MONTH(TODAY()))
Format to taste OK out

If the above doesn't work, that means the dates in D15:D24 aren't real
dates. Select the range of "dates", convert it all at one go by clicking Data
Text to Columns. Click NextNext. In step 3 of the wiz., check "Date", then
choose the appropriate format from the droplist, eg: DMY. Click Finish.
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"yuen" wrote:
I'm finding it difficult with conditional formatting matching the month for
=today() in cell b2 for example. the purpose is to match the month for a date
ranging from d15:d24 and then highlight if the month matches.

Any ideas? ive been working on this for 3 days now. thanks.