With the date written in and formatted, you can now enter the formula to subtract the date. You would enter that in the appropriate cell for your Excel document.

Learn how to highlight dates before today and a specific date with and without using the Today() function in Microsoft Excel.

And so it’s clear the posted date is today’s date, and not some other due date, use a little Excel trick to combine both the current date and a brief text description, such as “Today is.” To do that, ...

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, but we've selected the most popular, from date and time functions to mathematics and simple data manipulation.

The ramifications of missing a due date can range from simply adjusting the date to getting fired. Don't take chances with deadlines when a simple conditional format can remind you.