NAME

Time::Random - Generate a random time in time.

VERSION

Version 1.01

SYNOPSIS

use Time::Random qw/time_random/;

my $time = time_random(
	from => '1531909277',
);

# $time, 'Time::Piece';

$time->epoch();
$time->strftime('%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S');
...

my $time = time_random(
	from => '18-07-11 13:54:55',
	to => '18-07-18 13:54:55',
	strptime => '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
	strftime => '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
);

EXPORT

time_random

time_random();

params

Params must be passed as a key/value list or reference.

to

Limit the maximum time that can be generated, This can be an epoch, a Time::Piece object or a string when passed with a strftime pattern.

If no param is passed then current epoch ("time()") is used.

from

Limit the minimum time that can be generated, This can be an epoch, a Time::Piece object or a string when passed with a strftime pattern.

If no param is passed then current "to" minus 1 day (time() - 86400) is used.

strptime

When strptime is passed this code will expect "from" and "to" to be strings that can be passed by the provided pattern.

Internally this module uses Time::Piece::strptime so please refer here for further documentation.

strftime

This should be a valid strftime pattern and when passed time_random will use this and return the relevant formatted time string.

Internally this module uses Time::Piece::strftime so please refer here for further documentation.

returns

By default time_random will return a Time::Piece object in scalar context this will overload to

Wed Jul 18 13:42:06 2018

If you would like the epoch

time_random()->epoch();

If you would like any custom format I would look at passing the strftime param or using directly in your code.

time_random(
	strftime => '%Y-%m-%d',
);

..............

time_random()->strftime('%Y-%m-%d');

AUTHOR

lnation, <email at lnation.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-time-random at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Time-Random. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Time::Random

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018->2024 lnation.

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