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Generate Random Date in Mysql

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For me I wanted a value between 2008 and 2009 (one year: 60 seconds * 60 minutes * 24 hours * 365 days = 31536000). Because the Unix timestamp doesn’t support fractions your need to round the value to an int. (floor or round the value).

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  1. select from_unixtime(
  2.        unix_timestamp('2008-01-01 01:00:00')+floor(rand()*31536000)
  3. );

URL: http://blog.underdog-projects.net/2008/10/generate-random-timestamps-in-mysql/

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