reported speech with "yesterday"

Question

I've got a question related to reported speech.

How should the sentence "I didn't meet her yesterday" look in reported speech while reporting it next day? For example, I said in the morning "I didn't meet her yesterday." and later in the day I'm repeating it.

Should I say:

I said I didn't meet her yesterday.

or

I said I hadn't met her yesterday.

user100323 · Answer

If you said that earlier on the same day you can say:

I said I hadn't met her yesterday

But if you are repeating it on a different day you will say:

I said I hadn't met her the day before.

Lambie · Answer

Speech:

"I didn't meet her yesterday". This is the speech (what was said).

Reported Speech

I said I  hadn't met her yesterday.

Quoted Speech

He said "I didn't meet her yesterday".
or
He said: "I didn't meet her yesterday".

reported speech with "yesterday"

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