Dates Using conditional formatting for dates is an extremely useful way of bringing some visual management to schedules, diaries and other tools where dates are used. The ability to dynamically highlight today, tomorrow or the current week is something that would be of benefit to the majority of workplaces. Excel has the functionality to do this with just a few clicks using the 'Format only cells that contain', 'Dates occurring option. It can be configured to highlight dates relating to, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, In the last 7 days, Last Week, Next week, Last month, This month, Next month In the following examples, I'm using a list of dates that begins at the start of the next month and decreases by a day for each subsequent row. Day related conditional formatting Highlight yesterday with a different colour Highlight today with a different colour Highlight tomorrow with a different colour Week related conditional formatting Highlight date in the previous 7 da