Using wildcard characters to highlight dates

In this task, you will create a formula using wildcard characters to highlight any dates that are in 2018.

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Data Visualization in Google Sheets

Exercise instructions

Highlight the Date values in A17:A26 and use conditional formatting with a 'Text contains' rule, passing in the value ??-??-18.
Set the formatting such that the cell background of any date in 2018 is 'light green 2'.

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