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Generate random dates within a range
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/** | |
* Generate a random date between now and one year from now | |
* With a time between 7am and 8pm | |
* Minutes on the full hour :00 | |
* @returns {Date} | |
*/ | |
function randomDate() { | |
var start = new Date(); | |
var end = new Date(new Date().setFullYear(start.getFullYear() + 1)); | |
var date = new Date(start.getTime() + Math.random() * (end.getTime() - start.getTime())); | |
var hour = 7 + Math.random() * (20 - 7) | 0; | |
date.setHours(hour); | |
date.setMinutes(0); | |
return date; | |
} | |
/** | |
* Generate a random date between a start and end date | |
* Set a start and end hour | |
* @param startDate {Date} | |
* @param endDate {Date} | |
* @param startHour {Integer} 0-23 | |
* @param endHour {Integer} 0-23 | |
* @returns {Date} | |
*/ | |
function randomDate(startDate, endDate, startHour, endHour) { | |
var date = new Date(startDate.getTime() + Math.random() * (endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime())); | |
var hour = startHour + Math.random() * (endHour - startHour) | 0; | |
date.setHours(hour); | |
date.setMinutes(0); | |
return date; | |
} |
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