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> From: John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:43:40 -0400
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 10:06 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Try the functions in lisp/calendar/parse-time.el.
> 
> parse-time appears to handle only absolute dates.
> 
> I need support for relative dates (e.g. yesterday, 3 days ago, etc).

Your OP never said anything about relative dates.

I don't think something like that exists in Emacs.