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How to data validation to allow date greater than today or a specific date in Excel?

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When working in Excel, if you just want to allow the past date, future date or a specific range of date to be entered in a worksheet, how could you solve this task in Excel?

Only allow paste date/future date / a specific range of date to be entered into Excel

Only allow paste date/future date / a specific range of date to be entered into Excel

In Excel, the Data Validation feature can help you to allow the only specific date to be entered in a worksheet, please do as this:

1. Select a column of cells which you will enter the specific date, and then click Data > Data Validation > Data Validation, see screenshot:

click Data Validation

2. In the Data Validation dialog box, under the Setting tab, select Custom from the Validation criteria drop-down list, and then enter this formula: =A1<=Today() into the Formula text box, see screenshot:

set options in the Data Validation dialog box

3. And then click OK button, from now on, only the date which is less than today allowed to be entered in the selected column, see screenshot:

only the date which is less than today allowed to be entered

Notes:

1. If you want only the future days can be entered, please apply this formula: =A2>=Today().

2. Sometime, you may want a specific range of date to be entered, please type the formula like this: AND(A2>TODAY(),A2<=(TODAY()+30)), this means only dates within 30 days since today can be entered. You can change the references to your need.

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