Same start and end date

Question

For a custom object, I have two date fields : start date and end date. I want to make sure the end date is greater than start date.

As per https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=fields_useful_validation_formulas_date.htm&type=5, I created a validation rule start date > end date which would throw up an error saying end date should be greater than start date. And that works.

I'm confused why the validation rule does not show up when I set the start and end date to the same date.

Why is this happening?

Answer 1

Since you would like to also check if your Start Date and End Date are EQUAL, then you need to update your Validation Rule to check if they are GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO each other.

Example:

Start_Date__c >= End_Date__c