Find previous 2 posts based on current post

Oh so you want to show all previous posts to the post you are on by published date.

$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'date_query' => array(
		array(
			'before' => array(
				'year'  => 2013,
				'month' => 2,
				'day'   => 28,
			),
		),
);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
	echo '<ul>';
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		$the_query->the_post();
		echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
	}
	echo '</ul>';
}

Something like that where you need to put the before and after dates in from the post you are on.

This this will prob be:

the_date('Y')
 the_date('m')
 the_date('d')

https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Date_Parameters

Well the code above will show all before it not just those directly before so in theory you’ll always have results with the above code unless you are on your very first post.