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# yesterday

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

## yesterday(): Date

Returns the date for yesterday as a `Date` type.

_Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0._

### Example

This example shows the output of `yesterday` function.

#### Source

```DataWeave
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Dates
output application/json
---
yesterday()
```

#### Output

```Json
"2021-05-14"
```