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Return the date value that is earlier by the specified (signed) `numDays` from the specified `date`. The behavior is undefined unless the resulting value falls within the range of dates supported by this class (see `isValidYearMonthDay`). Note that `numDays` may be negative.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_date.h>`

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operator‐(
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    int numDays);
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