diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Date.php b/CRM/Utils/Date.php
index 9e4eac33ed88..831fca5bc8f5 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/Date.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Date.php
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ public static function relativeToAbsolute($relativeTerm, $unit) {
             $to['d'] = $now['mday'];
             $to['M'] = $now['mon'];
             $to['Y'] = $now['year'];
+            $to = self::intervalAdd('day', -1, $to);
             unset($from);
             break;
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Utils/DateTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Utils/DateTest.php
index 630e897edf22..65afb0384ae4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Utils/DateTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Utils/DateTest.php
@@ -304,4 +304,16 @@ public function testCustomFormatTs() {
     $this->assertEquals(CRM_Utils_Date::customFormatTs($ts, "%Y"), "2018");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test Earlier Day Relative term to absolute
+   */
+  public function testRelativeEarlierDay() {
+    $date = CRM_Utils_Date::relativeToAbsolute('earlier', 'day');
+
+    $this->assertEquals([
+      'from' => NULL,
+      'to' => date('Ymd000000', strtotime('-1 day')),
+    ], $date);
+  }
+
 }