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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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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.

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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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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.
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Thanks Ray :)
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