Use MAX to find latest date in a list [Quick tip]

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Here is a quick tip that I learned while conducting training classes in Australia.

If you have several dates in a range and you want to find out what the latest date is, just use MAX, like:

=MAX(A1:A10) would give you the latest date.

A Question…,

Assuming you have some dates (not necessarily sorted) in column A, which formula finds the last date (not latest)?
Bonus question: What if there are some gaps (cells with no value)? How would you find the last date?

Go ahead and post your answers in comments. Or share your favorite formula to find latest date in a range.

PS: My Australian trip is over now. On a train from Melbourne to Sydney now and will be leaving to Vizag via Bangkok (and Hyderabad) early tomorrow morning. I am very happy how the whole thing went. More on this later next week.

PPS: More tips on dealing with date & time values in Excel

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7 Responses to “Extract data from PDF to Excel – Step by Step Tutorial”

  1. Jinesh Vasa says:

    Dear Chandoo,

    Thank you very much for this and it is very helpful.
    However, all the Credit Card Statements are now password protected.
    Please advise how can we have a workaround for that

  2. Sivakumar H says:

    Hello sir,
    How to check two names are present in the same column ?
    Thanks and Regards

  3. Ahmed Mallook says:

    Hi, Thank you for the great tip. One problem, when I click on get data >> from file, I don't see the PDF source option. How can I add it?
    I tried to add it from Quick Access toolbar >>> Data Tab, but again the PDF option is not listed there.
    I am using Office 365

  4. PP says:

    Hi, Thank you for your video. I see you used the composite table, but I when I load my pdf, it does not load any composite table. It has 20 tables and 4 pages for one bank statement. I have about 30 bank statements that I want to combine. Your video would work except that I can't get the composite table and each of the tables I do get or the pages does not have all the info. what to do?

  5. Jr. H says:

    Dear Chandoo,
    How do we select multiple amount of tables/pages in one PDF and repeat the same for rest of the PDF;s in the same folder and then extract that data only on power query.

    Thank you

  6. antonlagi says:

    Hi, Thank you for your video. I see you used the composite table, but I when I load my pdf, it does not load any composite table. It has 20 tables and 4 pages for one bank statement. I have about 30 bank statements that I want to combine. nice share

  7. One bank statement takes up 20 tables and four pages in this document. I need to consolidate roughly thirty different bank statements that I have. Your video would be useful if I could only get the composite table, which I can't for some reason, and each of the tables or pages that I can get is missing some information.

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