Use python function to generate random date in given calendar year.

python-random-date.py

# import modules
import random
import datetime

# create function accepting a single parameter, the year as a four digit number
def get_random_date(year):

    # try to get a date
    try:
        return datetime.datetime.strptime('{} {}'.format(random.randint(1, 366), year), '%j %Y')

    # if the value happens to be in the leap year range, try again
    except ValueError:
        get_random_date(year)

Thanks for the code