Get the nearest future date from 3 columns

QuietRiot

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What would be the best way of going about getting the nearest future date from 3 dates using todays date?

A---------- b----------c-----------answer
3/29/2016 3/29/2017 3/30/2018 3/30/2018
2/15/2019 2/15/2020 2/15/2021 2/15/2019
6/25/2016 5/25/2017 5/25/2018 5/25/2018
 
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a
b
c
d
e
1
3/29/2016​
3/29/2017​
3/30/2018​
3/30/2018​
2
2/15/2019​
2/15/2020​
2/15/2021​
2/15/2019​
3
6/25/2016​
5/25/2017​
5/25/2018​
5/25/2018​

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e1=INDEX(A1:C1,MATCH(MIN(ABS(TODAY()-A1:C1)),ABS(TODAY()-A1:C1),0)) control+shift+enter copy down

format column E as date
 
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e1=INDEX(A1:C1,MATCH(MIN(ABS(TODAY()-A1:C1)),ABS(TODAY()-A1:C1),0)) control+shift+enter copy down

format column E as date

very close, but I need the future date and not any past. Example where it messed up:

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b
c
d
e
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12/3/2016​
11/9/2017​
12/3/2018​
11/9/2017​

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