Validate Spreadsheet Dates Based on Previous Column Date

Updated on Sep 8, 2026

Environment

Product

Progress® Kendo UI® Spreadsheet for jQuery

Description

I want to set my Spreadsheet in the following way:

1. The date value in the current column to be always greater than or equal to the date value from the previous column.
2. If my previous column is blank, the validation to check the column before the previous one.

How can I configure the date validation in the Spreadsheet based on a date value from a previous column?

Solution

Configure the cell validation in the following way:

Example

View Source

    <div id="spreadsheet" style="width: 100%;"></div>

	<script>
	  $(function() {
		$("#spreadsheet").kendoSpreadsheet({
		  sheets: [{
			name: "ContactsForm",
			rows: [{
			  height: 25,
			  cells: [{
				value: 31231,
				format: 'M/d/yyyy'
			  },{
				value: 31232,
				format: 'M/d/yyyy'
			  },{
				value: 31233,
				format: 'M/d/yyyy',
				validation: {
				  dataType: "custom",
				  from: "AND(ISNUMBER(C1),IF(ISNUMBER(B1),C1>=B1,C1>=A1))",
				  allowNulls: true,
				  type: "reject",
				  titleTemplate: "Date validaiton error",
				  messageTemplate: "C1 date should be greater than B1 / A1 date."
				}
			  }]
			}]
		  }]
		});
	  });
	</script>

See Also

• API Reference of the Spreadsheet