package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"time"
)
// Generate a random date between two years using time.Time
func randomDate(startYear, endYear int) time.Time {
// Convert start and end years to timestamps
start := time.Date(startYear, time.January, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
end := time.Date(endYear, time.December, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
startUnix := start.Unix()
endUnix := end.Unix()
// Uniform distribution over the timestamp range
randomUnix := rand.Int63n(endUnix-startUnix+1) + startUnix
// Convert back to time.Time
return time.Unix(randomUnix, 0)
}
func main() {
rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) // Seed RNG
dates := make([]time.Time, 0, 10)
for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
dates = append(dates, randomDate(1990, 2030))
}
for _, d := range dates {
fmt.Printf("%d-%d-%d\n", d.Year(), d.Month(), d.Day())
}
}
/*
run:
2021-1-2
2006-2-11
2015-5-2
1995-1-2
1997-4-14
2015-3-27
1997-9-12
2013-5-4
2026-7-26
1994-5-10
*/
