Greater than or equal to, etc.
To make a more flexible, interactive rule, use another cell like a variable in the formula.
Highlight dates greater than
If you want to highlight dates greater than or less than a certain date with conditional formatting, you can use a simple formula that relies on the date function. For example, if you have dates in the cells B4:G11, and want to highlight cells that contain a date greater than August 1st, 2015, select the range and create a new CF rule that uses this formula: =B4>DATE(2015,8,1) Note: it's important that CF formulas be entered relative to the "active cell" in the selection, which is assumed to be B4 in this case. Once you save the rule, you'll see the dates greater than 8/1/2015 are highlighted.
