» Calculating a Required Date According to Two Criteria
CATEGORY - Excel Date & Time Formulas
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
Columns B & C contain test dates and paper deadlines for each of the subjects listed in column A.
A test requires 3 days of preparation and a paper requires 5 days.
For each subject, we want to calculate the earliest date required to start preparing for either a test or a paper.
Solution:
Use the MIN and IF functions as shown in the following formula:
=MIN(IF(B2<>"",B2-3,C2-5),IF(C2<>"",C2-5,B2-3))
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