List the next couple occuring birthdays in excel - excel

Question

Given the following data
A B
Steven 01/05/1958
Mike 05/12/1923
Bob 05/11/2001
Richard 10/22/1985
Maverick 12/25/1991
Ed 01/07/1954
I'd like to get a list in, let's just say the column D, containing the next couple birthdays that will occur.
So if today was 05/05/2016, I'd like to see
D E
Bob 05/11/2001
Mike 05/12/1923
My current approach (yet not working properly) is to create another column and have the days until the birthday calculated there, using this formula:
=DATE(YEAR(B2)+DATEDIF(B2+1;TODAY();"y")+1;MONTH(B2);DAY(B2))-TODAY()
Then I list the birthdays that come up in the next 5 days using:
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX($A$2:$C$5,SMALL(IF($A$2:$C$5<5,ROW($A$2:$A$5)),ROW(1:1)),2)),"",INDEX($A$2:$C$5,SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5<5,ROW($A$2:$A$5)),ROW(1:1)),2))
I'd rather have the next 5 upcoming birthdays, no matter how far away from today they are.
Any Ideas how to achieve this without using makros?
Help is much appreciated!

Answer 1

To get the birthday difference from today in days :
=(DATEDIF($D$1,DATE(IF((DATE(YEAR($D$1),MONTH(B2),DAY(B2))>$D$1),YEAR($D$1),YEAR($D$1)+1),MONTH(B2),DAY(B2)),"D"))+0
The first BD from current date :
=VLOOKUP(SMALL(A2:A8,1)+0,A2:B8,2,FALSE)
Please see the img for more details :

Answer 2

Another approach would be to use the Advanced Filter. And you could automate it using VBA.
For the Criteria:
A2: =DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(B6),DAY(B6))>=TODAY()
B2: =(TODAY()+$C$2)>=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(B6),DAY(B6))
Range is the number of days after today to show birthdays.

Answer 3

OK slightly different approach
Instead of counting days in a helper column, change the date in a helper column. Then sort that helper column for only the first 5 entries. This will show upcoming birthDAYS instead of birthDATES.
So assuming Names in column A, Dates in Column B, Column C is created with:
=DATE(YEAR(TODAY())+IF(TODAY()>DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(B2),DAY(B2)),1,0),MONTH(B2),DAY(B2))
Now I was assuming no header rows and A1 was the first entry so to display the next 5 entries in column D I used:
=IF(ROW()<=5,SMALL($C$1:$C$6,ROW()),"")
Now this will not pull names but just the upcoming birthDAYS not birthDATES. The year being the difference between the two.
If you want to pull the names as well you can use the following:
=IF(D2<>"",INDEX($A$1:$A$6,MATCH(D2,$C$1:$C$6,0)),"")
Right now it will not return names of multiple people with the same date but there are ways around that. If you need that too let us know.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Steven 58/01/05 17/01/05 16/05/11 Bob
Mike 23/05/12 16/05/12 16/05/12 Mike
Bob 01/05/11 16/05/11 16/10/22 Richard
Richard 85/10/22 16/10/22 16/12/25 Maverick
Maverick 91/12/25 16/12/25 17/01/05 Steven
Ed 54/01/07 17/01/07
UPDATE
In order to deal with duplicate birthdays... try the following:
=IF(E5<>"",INDEX($A$1:$A$6,MATCH(E5,$C$1:$C$6,0)+COUNTIF($E$1:E5,E5)-1),"")
That was the entry for row 5. I tested it with the same birthdate, but I forgot to check for same birthday (different years).
UPDATE 2
NEW TABLE
The table below matches to formula from the last update
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
Steven 58/01/05 17/01/05 59 16/05/11 Bob 15
Mike 23/05/12 16/05/12 93 16/05/12 Mike 93
Bob 01/05/11 16/05/11 15 16/10/22 Richard 31
Richard 85/10/22 16/10/22 31 16/12/25 Maverick 25
Maverick 91/12/25 16/12/25 25 16/12/25 Ed 21
Ed 95/12/25 16/12/25 21
I inserted a column in D which shifted things right. The following was placed in D1.
=year(C1)-Year(B1)
In column G I had it lookup the age
=IF(E1<>"",INDEX($D$1:$D$6,MATCH(E1,$C$1:$C$6,0)+COUNTIF($E$1:E1,E1)-1),"")