one cell will turn green when the two other cells match Solved/Closed

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Hello, 
 I am keeping a  register of staff in our department.  What I want to happen is for the cell (where the name is) to turn green when the date opposite the name (reporting date /date back from leave) matches the cell with formula (=today()), sort of like an alarm.
To further illustrate:
A1 = name of employee
B1 = date back from leave/reporting date
C1 = =today()

such that when B1 matches C1, A1 will turn green.
Thanks for the help!

rizvisa1 · Answer

use Conditional Format for that

Kevin@Radstock · Answer

@ rizvisa1

That's 2 posts of yours that I have seen which are not helpful. Anyone can write eg: "use Conditional Format for that" or is it that you can not supply the answer!!

@ diestra 123

For your rule, select column A or a range of cells that you wish to apply the rule to  > New rule > Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
Then for your rule: =AND($A1<>"",$B1=$C1) apply the formatting you require.

diestra123 · Answer

thanks @rizvisa1 and Kevin@Radstock!

your inputs have both been very helpful. 
 the thing is, what i want to do is much more complex (at least for me) than what i had posted.
so could you please help me out again? been going in circles here. :(

i have 4 columns.
A column is for the name
B column is the start date of leave period (from)
C column is the end date of leave period (to)
D column is for the reporting date

What i want to do is for the name to be in red when he is on leave, that is, from B date to C date.  after C date, the name will be green to mean that the leave period is over but he has not reported yet. the name will be clear again once i have put the reporting date in column D.

thanks for the help!

Kevin@Radstock · Answer

Hi diestra123

Select column A

Rule 1 = On leave.
=AND(ISNUMBER($C1),$C1>TODAY())

Rule 2 = Leave period is over.
=AND(ISNUMBER($C1),$C1<=TODAY())

Rule 3 = Reporting date has been entered.
=AND(ISNUMBER($D1),$C1<=TODAY())

Kevin

Kevin@Radstock · Answer

Hi diestra123 

No problem, thank you for the feed back.

Kevin

Kevin@Radstock · Answer

Hi diestra123 

Add this condition as well. 

=AND(ISNUMBER($B1),$B1>TODAY(),$C1>TODAY())

Kevin

diestra123 · Answer

thanks again!!

One cell will turn green when the two other cells match

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