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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.6.4/css/bootstrap-datepicker.min.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.6.4/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js"></script>
Start: <input type="text" id="event_start_date"/>
<br/>
Deadline: <input type="text" id="event_registration_deadline"/>
JavaScript
jQuery('input#event_start_date').datepicker({
format : 'yyyy-mm-dd',
autoclose : true,
todayHighlight: true
}).on('changeDate', function(){
var aDayBefore = new Date(jQuery(this).val());
aDayBefore.setDate(aDayBefore.getDate()-1); jQuery('#event_registration_deadline').datepicker('setEndDate', aDayBefore);
});