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ThisexampleteachesyouhowtocomparedatesandtimesinExcelVBA.Datesandtimesare
storedasnumbersinExcelandcountthenumberofdayssinceJanuary0,1900.Whatyousee
dependsonthenumberformat.
1.EntersomenumbersincolumnA.

2.Thesenumbersaredates.ThisisaperfectwaytoentersomedateswithoutworryingabouttheDate
format.ChangetheformattoDate(RightclickonthecolumnAheader,FormatCellsandchoose
Date).
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Note:DatesareinUSFormat.Monthsfirst,DaysSecond.Thistypeofformatdependsonyour
windowsregionalsettings.
Placeacommandbuttononyourworksheetandaddthefollowingcodelines:
3.DeclarethevariableioftypeInteger.
DimiAsInteger
4.AddaForNextloop.
Fori=1To5
Nexti
5.TheDatefunctionreturnsthecurrentdatewithoutthetime.Addthefollowingcodelinetothe
loop,tohighlightallthecellscontainingthecurrentdate(12/22/2013).
IfCells(i,1).Value=DateThenCells(i,1).Font.Color=vbRed
Result:

6.Addthefollowingcodelinetotheloop,tohighlightallthedatesearlierthan04/19/2011.
IfCells(i,1).Value<DateValue("April19,2011")ThenCells(i,1).Font.Color=vbRed
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7.Butwhatabouttimes,wehearyousay.Theyarethedecimals.SwitchbacktoGeneralformatand
changethenumberstodecimalnumbers.

8.Nowchangetheformatto'DateandTime'format.

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9.Ifyouwanttohighlightallcellscontainingthecurrentdate,wecannotusethecodelineat5
anymore.Whynot?BecausethenumbersincolumnAaredecimalnumbersnow.Comparingitwith
Date(awholenumber)wouldnotgiveanymatch.(Itwouldonlygiveamatchwith12/22/2013at
midnightexactly!)Thefollowingcodelinedoeswork:
IfInt(Cells(i,1).Value)=DateThenCells(i,1).Font.Color=vbRed
Explanation:wesimplyusetheIntfunction.TheIntfunctionroundsanumberdowntothenearest
integer.ThiswaywecangetthedateswithoutthetimesandcomparethesedateswithDate.
Result:

10.Addthefollowingcodelinetohighlightallthecellscontainingtimesinthemorning.
If(Cells(i,1).ValueInt(Cells(i,1).Value))<0.5ThenCells(i,1).Font.Color=vbRed
Explanation:weonlyneedthedecimalssothereforewesubtracttheintegerpart.Noon(halfway
throughtheday)isrepresentedas0.5.Decimalslowerthan0.5arethetimesinthemorning.
Result:

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