Which I don't think is anything other than I'm not versed in this stuff well enough ...

Let's say you have two dates (StartDate and StopDate)

'====================================
StartDate = Range("A3") 'assuming it's already a date
StopDate = Range("A4") 'assuming it's already a date
StopYear = Year(StartDate) + 1
AfterThisDate = "12/31/" & StopYear
'====================================

I need to check to see if the StopDate is less than the AfterThisDate ...

Basically:
If StopDate < AfterThisDate Then
     'Throw an error
End If

However, it's not calculating unless the dates are equal ... Am I missing something?

Hi Tony,

I just bundled this togther for you...

startdate = Range("A3")
stopdate = Range("A4")
stopyear = CDate(("31 December " & Year(startdate) + 1))
If IsDate(startdate) And IsDate(stopdate) And IsDate(stopyear) Then
    If stopdate > stopyear Then
        MsgBox ("Stopped")
    Else
        MsgBox ("OK")
    End If
Else
End If

cheers

Matt

I had declared the variables as String ... once I changed them to Date, it worked great.

Thanks!