You can set up conditional formatting in Excel for dates. We have included detailed examples you can try while reading the guide.

Click on the column header to select the location for your date information. In the Home tab on the Excel ribbon, click on the arrow at the bottom right corner of the Number section.

Learn how to highlight dates before today and a specific date with and without using the Today() function in Microsoft Excel.

Excel for the web now supports conditional formatting, and the interface is easier to use than the desktop edition. Susan Harkins shows you how to use it.

It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you plenty of options.

How to Copy a Date Pattern in Excel. When you apply cell formatting in Microsoft Excel, you quickly standardize how dates and other kinds of data appear in individual cells, workbooks and ...

Microsoft Word has a date field, but it's not easy to use in an expression. If you need to update dates in a document, use Excel to calculate the dates and then run a mail merge.