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Set the specified `date` object to have the value that is one day earlier than its current value, and return the value of `date` on entry&period; The behavior is undefined if the value of `date` on entry is `0001&sol;01&sol;01`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlt&lowbar;date&period;h&gt;`

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xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date]
operator&hyphen;&hyphen;(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date]& date,
    int);
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