Formula for expiring dates

lillyoriel

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Hi, I am really a beginner at excel so please be kind.
At my work, I have been asked to create a spreadsheet to indicate when each employee's inductions are going to expire.
I am hoping there is a way I can put the date in and if its current, its green, if it is a month of expiring it is yellow and if it has expired it is red.
What kind of formula can I use to make this happen??
Thanks so much for your help!!
 

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Conditional formatting is the way to go. Not sure if you're referring to the font or the fill, so here's an example of both.

lillyoriel.xlsx
A
1Expiry date
227/9/2022
316/9/2022
416/7/2022
5
6
727/9/2022
816/9/2022
916/8/2022
Sheet1
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
A7:A9Expression=A7<TODAY()textNO
A7:A9Expression=A7>EDATE(TODAY(),1)textNO
A7:A9Expression=A7<=EDATE(TODAY(),1)textNO
A2:A4Expression=A2<TODAY()textNO
A2:A4Expression=A2>EDATE(TODAY(),1)textNO
A2:A4Expression=A2<=EDATE(TODAY(),1)textNO
 
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Thank you, that looks good.
Just wondering how you set the formula up in conditional formatting
 
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Thank you, that looks good.
Just wondering how you set the formula up in conditional formatting
From the Home menu, select Conditional Formatting / New Rule / Use a formula to determine which cells to format

Then in the box Format values where this formula is true: you can copy & paste the formulas I provided (and adjust the reference cells/ranges to apply to)
 
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From the Home menu, select Conditional Formatting / New Rule / Use a formula to determine which cells to format

Then in the box Format values where this formula is true: you can copy & paste the formulas I provided (and adjust the reference cells/ranges to apply to)
Thank you!! Can you see anything that I am doing wrong here?
 

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It should look like this (given the range you seem to be covering)
Please note I've amended the formula.

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