What date was yesterday?

Why Knowing Yesterday’s Date Matters

For a variety of reasons, people look up yesterday’s date; for instance, if they’re backdating an invoice, finding out how many days have elapsed since an event, completing a form that requests the date the previous day, or just forgetting what day it is. This page gives the date of the last year’s New Moon in the USA, UK, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, China and Canada without having to count backwards on a calendar.

How the date is determined for yesterday

Today’s date is one day later than yesterday’s date. This may seem easy, but it becomes complicated at some edges:

• If today is the 1st day of the month, the previous day is the last day of the previous month (the 28th, 29th, 30th or 31st, depending on the month).
• If today is 1st January, then yesterday is the 31st of the previous year.
• In a leap year, the day before March 1st is February 29th instead of the 28th.

This tool addresses all of these edge cases automatically and the date you get is always correct.

The reason why dates may vary from country to country

The world has almost 24 time zones so the “yesterday” is not the same day in all parts of the world. In New York or Los Angeles, it may be the “new day” already in Tokyo or Sydney. This is why you can see the date Yesterday in the available countries, above each country flag. When you are emailing, invoicing or scheduling with someone abroad, remember to check for the date in their time zone as well as your own, to ensure there are no mixups.

When and where to use yesterday’s date

Sometimes, documents like invoices, receipts, or reports may need to reference the day before instead of today. Documents such as invoices, receipts, or reports sometimes need to refer to the day before instead of today’s date.

• Counting Deadlines: In some cases, such as the case of some contracts, fines or subscription renewals are based on what occurred “as of yesterday.”
• Logging and journaling: Logs can be used for diaries, food logs, and habit trackers and are often filled with entries for the previous day.
• Confirming dates: If you receive an email that has a date from yesterday, or you get an alert from your bank that says yesterday’s transactions were made, it’s a good way to verify the calendar day you’re thinking of.
• Date-difference calculations: Some “days since” calculations start counting from yesterday instead of today.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the date of the previous day?

The above date is automatically generated and provided based on today’s date for each country selected, and is the date of the previous day.

Does yesterday’s date vary based upon location?

Yes. Due to the time difference between countries, the “yesterday” date may be several hours off, depending on time. Sometimes it will be a full day near midnight.

What’s the date of yesterday in a given country?

Look at the list of countries at the top of the page. The flags display the date of yesterday in the local time zone of the country.

Does “yesterday” equal “the day before yesterday”?

No. Yesterday is always one calendar day prior to today. Two days earlier than yesterday is yesterday.

What about the ability of this tool to calculate dates in the future or past?

This page is designed for yesterday’s date. If you’re calculating dates for other periods of time, use our Days From Today Calculator or Date Calculator & Milestone Tracker.