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ixia.rand_date

Datelike = str | int | tuple[int, int, int] | datetime.date | datetime.datetime

def rand_date(start: Datelike, end: Datelike | None = None) -> datetime.date
Returns a random date between start and end (both inclusive).

The inputs can be of the following types:

  • ISO format string (e.g. "2023-03-12")
  • year integer (rand_date(2020, 2022) ⇔ rand_date("2020-01-01", "2022-12-31"))
  • (year, month, day) tuple
  • datetime.date object
  • datetime.datetime object

If end is not specified, it will default to the end of the start date's year, (e.g. rand_date("2023-09-01") → rand_date("2023-09-01", "2023-12-31")).

ixia.rand_time

Timelike = (
    str
    | int
    | tuple[int, int]
    | tuple[int, int, int]
    | tuple[int, int, int, int]
    | datetime.time
    | datetime.datetime
)

def rand_time(
    start: Timelike | None = None, end: Timelike | None = None
) -> datetime.time

Returns a random date between start and end (both inclusive).

The inputs can be of the following types:

  • ISO format string (e.g. "12:34:56.789012")
  • hour integer
  • 2–4 integer (hour, minute, second, microsecond) tuple (only the first two are required)
  • datetime.time object
  • datetime.datetime object

Both start and end are optional, and default to datetime.time.min (midnight) and datetime.time.max (23:59:59.999999), respectively.