`faker.providers.date_time`¶

class faker.providers.date_time.Provider(generator: Any)¶

Bases: BaseProvider

Most methods of the provider accept a ‘start_datetime’ and/or ‘end_datetime’ parameter.

These parameters accept a variety of types, and are used to define the range of the random date/time.

We call this type DateParseType.

A DateParseType can be:

a datetime or date object
an integer or a float, representing UNIX a timestamp
the special string ‘now’
the special string ‘today’
a timedelta object, representing a time delta from now
a ‘timedelta string’, such as ‘+2d’, ‘-3w’, ‘+4y’, etc. Representing a time delta from now.

am_pm() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.am_pm()
...
'AM'
'PM'
'AM'
'PM'
'AM'

century() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.century()
...
'XIII'
'XIV'
'II'
'IX'
'XVII'

Get a date string between January 1, 1970 and now.

Parameters:

pattern – Format of the date (year-month-day by default)
end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date()
...
'2017-09-09'
'2012-10-21'
'1993-10-02'
'1984-08-15'
'1998-11-16'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(pattern='%m/%d/%Y')
...
'09/09/2017'
'10/21/2012'
'10/02/1993'
'08/15/1984'
'11/16/1998'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(end_datetime='+1w')
...
'2017-09-15'
'2012-10-27'
'1993-10-05'
'1984-08-17'
'1998-11-19'

Get a Date object based on a random date between two given dates. Accepts date strings that can be recognized by strtotime().

Parameters:

start_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to 30 years ago
end_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "today"

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between()
...
datetime.date(2021, 10, 22)
datetime.date(2019, 3, 19)
datetime.date(2009, 2, 2)
datetime.date(2004, 3, 29)
datetime.date(2011, 10, 24)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date='-1w')
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 21)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 21)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 18)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 17)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 19)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date="-1y", end_date="+1w")
...
datetime.date(2026, 5, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 31)
datetime.date(2025, 11, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 26)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 29)

Get a random date between the two given dates.

Parameters:

date_start – A DateParseType. Defaults to the UNIX epoch
date_end – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between_dates()
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)

date_object(end_datetime: datetime | None = None) → date¶

Get a date object between January 1, 1970 and now

Parameters:: end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_object()
...
datetime.date(2017, 9, 9)
datetime.date(2012, 10, 21)
datetime.date(1993, 10, 2)
datetime.date(1984, 8, 15)
datetime.date(1998, 11, 16)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_object(end_datetime='+1w')
...
datetime.date(2017, 9, 15)
datetime.date(2012, 10, 27)
datetime.date(1993, 10, 5)
datetime.date(1984, 8, 17)
datetime.date(1998, 11, 19)

date_of_birth(tzinfo: tzinfo | None = None, minimum_age: int = 0, maximum_age: int = 115) → date¶

Generate a random date of birth represented as a Date object, constrained by optional miminimum_age and maximum_age parameters.

Parameters:

tzinfo – Defaults to None.
minimum_age – Defaults to 0.
maximum_age – Defaults to 115.

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_of_birth()
...
datetime.date(2008, 6, 5)
datetime.date(1998, 5, 25)
datetime.date(1959, 4, 6)
datetime.date(1940, 7, 5)
datetime.date(1969, 10, 13)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_of_birth(minimum_age=30, maximum_age=50)
...
datetime.date(1993, 3, 17)
datetime.date(1991, 5, 24)
datetime.date(1984, 4, 22)
datetime.date(1980, 11, 29)
datetime.date(1986, 3, 18)

date_this_century(before_today: bool = True, after_today: bool = False) → date¶

Gets a Date object for the current century.

Parameters:

before_today – include days in current century before today. Defaults to True
after_today – include days in current century after today. Defaults to False

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_century()
...
datetime.date(2022, 5, 10)
datetime.date(2020, 1, 25)
datetime.date(2011, 2, 18)
datetime.date(2006, 11, 8)
datetime.date(2013, 7, 15)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_century(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2088, 7, 23)
datetime.date(2082, 3, 15)
datetime.date(2057, 5, 25)
datetime.date(2045, 7, 6)
datetime.date(2064, 1, 25)

date_this_decade(before_today: bool = True, after_today: bool = False) → date¶

Gets a Date object for the decade year.

Parameters:

before_today – include days in current decade before today. Defaults to True
after_today – include days in current decade after today. Defaults to False

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_decade()
...
datetime.date(2025, 6, 20)
datetime.date(2024, 11, 27)
datetime.date(2022, 9, 21)
datetime.date(2021, 9, 4)
datetime.date(2023, 4, 24)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_decade(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2029, 6, 14)
datetime.date(2029, 2, 23)
datetime.date(2027, 12, 16)
datetime.date(2027, 5, 22)
datetime.date(2028, 4, 11)

date_this_month(before_today: bool = True, after_today: bool = False) → date¶

Gets a Date object for the current month.

Parameters:

before_today – include days in current month before today. Defaults to True
after_today – include days in current month after today. Defaults to False

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_month()
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 19)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 17)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 10)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 6)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 12)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_month(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 29)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 29)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 26)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 25)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 27)

date_this_year(before_today: bool = True, after_today: bool = False) → date¶

Gets a Date object for the current year.

Parameters:

before_today – include days in current year before today. Defaults to True
after_today – include days in current year after today. Defaults to False

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_year()
...
datetime.date(2026, 5, 27)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 12)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 14)
datetime.date(2026, 2, 14)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 30)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_year(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2026, 12, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 11, 15)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 11)
datetime.date(2026, 8, 11)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 29)

Get a datetime object for a date between January 1, 1970 and a specified end_datetime

Parameters:

tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass
end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time()
...
datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 9, 8, 12, 15, 356868)
datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 21, 17, 33, 18, 690215)
datetime.datetime(1993, 10, 2, 8, 31, 35, 862494)
datetime.datetime(1984, 8, 15, 19, 32, 52, 503715)
datetime.datetime(1998, 11, 16, 8, 6, 3, 544818)

Get a datetime object for a date between January 1, 0001 and now

Parameters:

tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass
end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
start_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to UNIX timestamp -62135596800,

equivalent to 0001-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_ad()
...
datetime.datetime(1711, 5, 11, 10, 47, 10, 826721)
datetime.datetime(1536, 3, 21, 17, 39, 32, 573586)
datetime.datetime(852, 11, 9, 10, 54, 27, 906487)
datetime.datetime(525, 6, 6, 21, 39, 33, 473572)
datetime.datetime(1036, 7, 29, 16, 31, 44, 537022)

Get a datetime object based on a random date between two given dates. Accepts date strings that can be recognized by strtotime().

Parameters:

start_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to 30 years ago
end_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "now"
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between()
...
datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 22, 20, 2, 3, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 20, 9, 26, 49, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2009, 2, 3, 14, 56, 30, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2004, 3, 30, 8, 7, 6, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 25, 11, 24, 2, 171082)

Get a random datetime between the two given datetimes.

Parameters:

datetime_start – A DateParseType. Defaults to the UNIX epoch
datetime_end – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates()
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 12, 51, 20)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 12, 51, 20)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 12, 51, 20)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 12, 51, 20)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 12, 51, 20)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='-30y', datetime_end='now')
...
datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 22, 20, 2, 3, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 20, 9, 26, 49, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2009, 2, 3, 14, 56, 30, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2004, 3, 30, 8, 7, 6, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 25, 11, 24, 2, 171082)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='now', datetime_end='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2027, 4, 27, 22, 51, 17, 441207)
datetime.datetime(2027, 3, 27, 8, 54, 6, 993625)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 24, 3, 29, 6, 345382)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 26, 2, 27, 27, 534973)
datetime.datetime(2026, 12, 27, 6, 34, 1, 405703)

date_time_this_century(before_now: bool = True, after_now: bool = False, tzinfo: tzinfo | None = None) → datetime¶

Gets a datetime object for the current century.

Parameters:

before_now – include days in current century before today. Defaults to True
after_now – include days in current century after today. Defaults to False
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_century()
...
datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 11, 0, 16, 43, 730248)
datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 25, 19, 48, 6, 333555)
datetime.datetime(2011, 2, 19, 3, 39, 32, 977962)
datetime.datetime(2006, 11, 8, 20, 43, 40, 535971)
datetime.datetime(2013, 7, 15, 7, 12, 36, 200921)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_century(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2088, 7, 24, 0, 46, 18, 438438)
datetime.datetime(2082, 3, 15, 23, 53, 0, 289333)
datetime.datetime(2057, 5, 25, 18, 14, 38, 944786)
datetime.datetime(2045, 7, 6, 14, 33, 3, 368551)
datetime.datetime(2064, 1, 25, 13, 3, 58, 505279)

date_time_this_decade(before_now: bool = True, after_now: bool = False, tzinfo: tzinfo | None = None) → datetime¶

Gets a datetime object for the decade year.

Parameters:

before_now – include days in current decade before today. Defaults to True
after_now – include days in current decade after today. Defaults to False
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_decade()
...
datetime.datetime(2025, 6, 20, 12, 14, 23, 296511)
datetime.datetime(2024, 11, 27, 23, 14, 9, 8978)
datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 21, 21, 2, 58, 593412)
datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 4, 11, 26, 35, 755066)
datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 24, 10, 31, 33, 259681)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_decade(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2029, 6, 14, 16, 46, 5, 944344)
datetime.datetime(2029, 2, 23, 8, 59, 53, 283518)
datetime.datetime(2027, 12, 17, 0, 9, 27, 291154)
datetime.datetime(2027, 5, 22, 21, 9, 41, 838998)
datetime.datetime(2028, 4, 11, 18, 48, 25, 278902)

date_time_this_month(before_now: bool = True, after_now: bool = False, tzinfo: tzinfo | None = None) → datetime¶

Gets a datetime object for the current month.

Parameters:

before_now – include days in current month before today. Defaults to True
after_now – include days in current month after today. Defaults to False
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_month()
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 20, 0, 42, 36, 898667)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 18, 1, 56, 37, 858877)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 10, 11, 28, 6, 513604)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 6, 20, 2, 11, 626160)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 12, 12, 31, 32, 784482)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_month(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 29, 20, 7, 44, 540486)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 29, 4, 38, 19, 953544)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 26, 16, 11, 55, 23909)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 25, 11, 14, 20, 590599)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 27, 8, 26, 51, 293305)

date_time_this_year(before_now: bool = True, after_now: bool = False, tzinfo: tzinfo | None = None) → datetime¶

Gets a datetime object for the current year.

Parameters:

before_now – include days in current year before today. Defaults to True
after_now – include days in current year after today. Defaults to False
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_year()
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 27, 12, 53, 42, 142404)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 12, 12, 46, 14, 181397)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 14, 23, 37, 11, 585756)
datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 14, 22, 21, 3, 117182)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 30, 17, 23, 7, 309346)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_year(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 12, 2, 5, 5, 45, 367290)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 15, 15, 45, 55, 869728)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 12, 1, 26, 33, 787326)
datetime.datetime(2026, 8, 12, 2, 36, 55, 520056)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 29, 10, 14, 12, 303735)

day_of_month() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.day_of_month()
...
'09'
'21'
'02'
'15'
'16'

day_of_week() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.day_of_week()
...
'Saturday'
'Sunday'
'Saturday'
'Wednesday'
'Monday'

future_date(end_date: date | datetime | timedelta | str | int = '+30d') → date¶

Get a Date object based on a random date between 1 day from now and a given date.

Parameters:

end_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "+30d"
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_date()
...
datetime.date(2026, 7, 18)
datetime.date(2026, 7, 15)
datetime.date(2026, 7, 6)
datetime.date(2026, 7, 1)
datetime.date(2026, 7, 8)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_date(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.date(2027, 4, 27)
datetime.date(2027, 3, 26)
datetime.date(2026, 11, 24)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 26)
datetime.date(2026, 12, 27)

Get a datetime object based on a random date between 1 second form now and a given date.

Parameters:

end_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "+30d"
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_datetime()
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 18, 20, 50, 21, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 16, 6, 34, 58, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 6, 3, 40, 2, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 1, 7, 16, 32, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 8, 20, 58, 24, 566513)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_datetime(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2027, 4, 27, 22, 51, 17, 596785)
datetime.datetime(2027, 3, 27, 8, 54, 7, 235670)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 24, 3, 29, 6, 924810)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 26, 2, 27, 28, 276056)
datetime.datetime(2026, 12, 27, 6, 34, 1, 894428)

Get an ISO 8601 string for a datetime between the UNIX epoch and now.

Parameters:

tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass
end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
sep – separator between date and time, defaults to ‘T’
timespec – format specifier for the time part, defaults to ‘auto’ - see datetime.isoformat() documentation

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.iso8601()
...
'2017-09-09T08:12:15.356868'
'2012-10-21T17:33:18.690215'
'1993-10-02T08:31:35.862494'
'1984-08-15T19:32:52.503715'
'1998-11-16T08:06:03.544818'

month() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.month()
...
'09'
'10'
'10'
'08'
'11'

month_name() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.month_name()
...
'September'
'October'
'October'
'August'
'November'

Get a Date object based on a random date between a given date and 1 day ago.

Parameters:

start_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "-30d"
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.past_date()
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 17)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 14)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 5)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 31)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 7)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.past_date(start_date='-1y')
...
datetime.date(2026, 4, 26)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 11, 22)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 24)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 25)

Get a datetime object based on a random date between a given date and 1 second ago.

Parameters:

start_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "-30d"
tzinfo – timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Example:

datetime(‘1999-02-02 11:42:52’)

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.past_datetime()
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 18, 20, 50, 20, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 16, 6, 34, 57, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 6, 3, 40, 1, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 1, 7, 16, 31, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 8, 20, 58, 23, 566513)

pytimezone(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) → tzinfo | None¶

Generate a random timezone (see faker.timezone for any args) and return a Python object usable as a tzinfo for datetime or other fakers.

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.pytimezone()
...
zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='Indian/Maldives')
zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='America/Barbados')
zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='Europe/Stockholm')
zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='Africa/Windhoek')
zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='Asia/Qatar')

Get a time string (24h format by default)

Parameters:

pattern – format
end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time()
...
'08:12:15'
'17:33:18'
'08:31:35'
'19:32:52'
'08:06:03'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time(pattern='%I:%M %p')
...
'08:12 AM'
'05:33 PM'
'08:31 AM'
'07:32 PM'
'08:06 AM'

Get a random timedelta object of duration between the current date and time and end_datetime

Parameters:: end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_delta()
...
datetime.timedelta(0)
datetime.timedelta(0)
datetime.timedelta(0)
datetime.timedelta(0)
datetime.timedelta(0)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_delta(end_datetime='+30h')
...
datetime.timedelta(days=1, seconds=4797, microseconds=559965)
datetime.timedelta(seconds=81859, microseconds=75518)
datetime.timedelta(seconds=45421, microseconds=730730)
datetime.timedelta(seconds=27963, microseconds=9032)
datetime.timedelta(seconds=55217, microseconds=669908)

Get a time object

Parameters:: end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time
Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_object()
...
datetime.time(8, 12, 15, 356868)
datetime.time(17, 33, 18, 690215)
datetime.time(8, 31, 35, 862494)
datetime.time(19, 32, 52, 503715)
datetime.time(8, 6, 3, 544818)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_object(end_datetime='+1h')
...
datetime.time(9, 2, 55, 275533)
datetime.time(18, 18, 47, 326066)
datetime.time(8, 56, 49, 920185)
datetime.time(19, 48, 24, 604016)
datetime.time(8, 36, 44, 133815)

Returns a generator yielding tuples of (<datetime>, <value>).

The data points will start at start_date, and be at every time interval specified by precision.

Parameters:

start_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "-30d"
end_date – A DateParseType. Defaults to "now"
precision – A float representing the time interval between data points.

Defaults to 1/30th of the time :param distrib: A callable that accepts a datetime object and returns a value. Defaults to a uniform distribution :param tzinfo: timezone, instance of datetime.tzinfo subclass

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_series()
...
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7591339a6c00>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7591339a6c00>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7591339a6c00>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7591339a6c00>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7591339a6c00>

timezone() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.timezone()
...
'Indian/Maldives'
'America/Barbados'
'Europe/Stockholm'
'Africa/Windhoek'
'Asia/Qatar'

Get a timestamp between January 1, 1970 and now, unless passed explicit start_datetime or end_datetime values.

On Windows, the decimal part is always 0.

Parameters:

end_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the UNIX epoch
start_datetime – A DateParseType. Defaults to the current date and time

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.unix_time()
...
1504944735.3568678
1350840798.690215
749550695.8624942
461446372.50371486
911203563.5448178

year() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.year()
...
'2017'
'2012'
'1993'
'1984'
'1998'

`faker.providers.date_time`¶

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