Excel: If Date =, then enter a value

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JerrySD Posts 2 Registration date Thursday November 12, 2015 Status Member Last seen November 12, 2015 - Nov 12, 2015 at 04:53 PM
BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021 - Nov 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM

I am using this formula and it works well: =IF(A8=DATE(2015,3,27),"1","--")

How do I now create a string to check a number of dates (company holidays)?

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BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021 150
Nov 12, 2015 at 05:44 PM

Would changing the enquiry help here ... instead of asking for a specific date then how about asking for ANY date? The expression then becomes...

=IF(ISNUMBER(A8),"1","0")

You then need to format cell A8 as a date.

JerrySD Posts 2 Registration date Thursday November 12, 2015 Status Member Last seen November 12, 2015
Nov 12, 2015 at 06:10 PM

Thank you for the quick reply. I am so sorry I was unclear when I mentioned "company holidays". Since these are specific dates, "ANY" date will not work.

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RayH Posts 122 Registration date Tuesday August 31, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen June 20, 2016 26
Nov 12, 2015 at 07:37 PM

Brian is correct that you really shouldn't need to be entering hard-coded dates into formulas.

To achieve what you need.
1. Create a new sheet (called "CompanyDates") containing the dates that are deemed to be 'company holidays'
2 Enter this formula:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(B2,CompanyDates!A:A,0)),"--",1)

This will check the date in cell B2 and return a '--' if the date is not in the company holiday list or 1 if it is.

Even if more dates are added to the list (next year) it will still work.

BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021 150
Nov 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM

Thanks Ray :)

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