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Hope Price

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Hello,

I have 3 columns of dates that I need to look at if the first date is an error.

If there is a date in cell M11, then look in column N11 and subtract 5 days, If there is an error, "#N/A" then look in cell L11 and subtract 5 days

I have written a formula, but it returns the L12-5 for every answer regardless if there is a date in M11.

=IFERROR(DATEDIF(M12="MM/DD/YY","",N12-5),(L12-5))

 

Please help,

HPrice

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I also tried this formula- and it returned an error. #N/A

=IF(OR(M11="#N/A",L11=MM/DD/YY,L11-5),(M11=MM/DD/YY,N11-5))

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Hello,

Please upload a sample file, it makes it a lot easier for any of us to check and try to help.

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Hi Hope,

As Anders said, it's always better to supply a workbook with the data to make out lives easier to help you 🙂

But, try this

=IF(ISERROR(M11),L11-5,N11-5)

What you haven't said (and the workbook may help here) is why are you specifically looking for a #N/A error?  Why not any error?

What do you want to happen if M11 is empty, or can it contain something else like text or a number?

Regards

Phil

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