Re: [PATCH] Generate random dates/times in a specified range

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 at 16:15, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I like the idea, especially the date variant. Unlike Tom, I'm not particularly concerned about breakage of existing
scripts,as
 
> most already are working just fine with raw numbers and I don't see this patch breaking them.
>
> In a selfish vein, I would use the "date" and timestamp variants a lot. I would use the "time" ones seldom to never.

But it's completely trivial to emulate random(min_date, max_date), just by doing

  min_date + random(0, max_date - min_date)

Is it really worth adding a core function for that?

Regards,
Dean