User Model Factory for seeding with Faker (created, updated, deleted timestamps)

UserModelFactory.php

<?php
$factory->define(\App\Models\User::class, function ($faker) {
    $created = $faker->dateTimeBetween($startDate = '-30 years', $endDate = 'now');

    // Have 60% have updated records
    $updated = $faker->optional($weight = 0.6)->dateTimeBetween($startDate = $created);

    if(empty($updated)) {
        // The rest 40% will have same date as created (unchanged record)
        $updated = $created;
    }

    $deleted = $faker->optional($weight = 0.1)->dateTimeBetween($startDate = $updated);

    return [
        'username' => $faker->name,
        'email' => $faker->email,
        'password' => str_random(10),
        'created_at' => $created,
        'updated_at' => $updated,
        'deleted_at' => $deleted
    ];
});