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)

public static nextDate(min: Date, max: Date = null): Date

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

public static nextDateTime(min: Date, max: Date = null): Date

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

updateDateTime

Updates (drifts) a Date value within specified range.

public static updateDateTime(value: Date, range: number = null): Date

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

Examples

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