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Created August 29, 2012 10:27
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Random point in time between two dates
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time.rb
class Time
def self.random(t1, t2)
int = t2.to_i - t1.to_i
at(t1.to_i + rand(int+1))
end
end
Time.random Time.now, Time.parse("2012/12/31")
=> Tue Nov 06 10:25:17 +0100 2012
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ekampp commented Aug 29, 2012

Smooth, but you don't have very many options for fine tuning the result. But I love that it's very compact and simple! 👍

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