
Use the MONTH and TODAY functions to find
birthdays in the current month
Use the same list from the previous tip to determine whose birth-
day falls in the current month. Use the TODAY function to
determine the actual date and the MONTH function to compare the
month of everyone’s birthday with the current month, then com-
bine those functions with conditional formatting.
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To determine all friends whose birthday is in the current
month:
1. In cell D1 enter the formula TODAY().
2. Select cells A2:B10.
3. On the Format menu, click Conditional Formatting.
4. Select Formula Is and type the following formula:
=(MONTH(TODAY())=MONTH($B2)).
5. Click Format.
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