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 DateTime in the range [‘2000, 1, 1’, ‘maxYear’]. This method generates dates without time (or time set to 00:00:00)

public static DateTime NextDate(DateTime max)

• max: DateTime - max range value
• returns: DateTime - random DateTime value.

NextDate

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

public static DateTime NextDate(DateTime min, DateTime max)

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

NextDateTime

Generates a random DateTime and time in the range [‘2000, 1, 1’, ‘maxYear’]. This method generates dates without time (or time set to 00:00:00)

public static DateTime NextDateTime(DateTime max)

• max: DateTime - max range value
• returns: DateTime - random DateTime and time value.

NextDateTime

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

public static DateTime NextDateTime(DateTime min, DateTime max)

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

NextTime

Generates a random TimeSpan in the range [‘0’, ‘maxTime’].

public static TimeSpan NextTime(long max)

• max: long - max range value
• returns: TimeSpan - random TimeSpan value.

NextTime

Generates a random TimeSpan in the range [‘minTime’, ‘maxTime’].

public static TimeSpan NextTime(long min, long max)

• min: long - minimum range value
• max: long - max range value
• returns: TimeSpan - random TimeSpan value.

UpdateDateTime

Updates (drifts) a DateTime value.

public static DateTime UpdateDateTime(DateTime value)

• value: DateTime - DateTime value to drift.
• returns: DateTime - updated ZonedDateTime and time value.

UpdateDateTime

Updates (drifts) a ZonedDateTime value within a specified range.

public static DateTime UpdateDateTime(DateTime value, long range)

• value: DateTime - DateTime value to drift.
• range: long - (optional) range in milliseconds. Default: 10 days
• returns: DateTime - updated DateTime and time value.

Examples

var value1 = RandomDateTime.NextDate(2010, 0);    // Possible result: 2008-01-03
var value2 = RandomDateTime.NextDateTime(2017, 0);// Possible result: 20017-03-11 11:20:32