RandomDateTime

Description

The RandomDateTime class allows you to generate random dates.

Important points

• Month must be in 1..12 format.

Static methods

nextDate

Generates a random Date in the range [‘minYear’, ‘maxYear’]. This method generates dates without time (or time set to 00:00:00)

static DateTime nextDate(DateTime min, [DateTime? max])

• min: DateTime - (optional) minimum range value.
• max: DateTime? - max range value.
• returns: DateTime - random Date value.

nextDateTime

Generates a random Date and time in the range [‘minYear’, ‘maxYear’]. This method generates dates without time (or time set to 00:00:00)

static DateTime nextDateTime(DateTime min, [DateTime? max])

• min: DateTime - (optional) minimum range value
• max: DateTime? - max range value
• returns: DateTime - random Date and time value.

updateDateTime

Updates (drifts) a Date value within specified range.

static DateTime updateDateTime(DateTime value, [int? range])

• value: DateTime - Date value to drift.
• range: int? - (optional) range in milliseconds. Default: 10 days
• returns: DateTime - updated DateTime

Examples

var value1 = RandomDateTime.nextDate( Date(2010,0,1));    // Possible result: 2008-01-03
var value2 = RandomDateTime.nextDateTime( Date(2017,0.1));// Possible result: 2007-03-11 11:20:32
var value3 = RandomDateTime.updateDateTime( Date(2010,1,2));// Possible result: 2010-02-05 11:33:23