`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()
...
'PM'
'AM'
'AM'
'PM'
'PM'

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()
...
'2017-08-29'
'2012-10-12'
'1993-09-27'
'1984-08-12'
'1998-11-09'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(pattern='%m/%d/%Y')
...
'08/29/2017'
'10/12/2012'
'09/27/1993'
'08/12/1984'
'11/09/1998'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(end_datetime='+1w')
...
'2017-09-04'
'2012-10-17'
'1993-09-29'
'1984-08-14'
'1998-11-13'

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, 9)
datetime.date(2019, 3, 6)
datetime.date(2009, 1, 20)
datetime.date(2004, 3, 16)
datetime.date(2011, 10, 11)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date='-1w')
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 8)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 8)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 5)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 4)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 6)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date="-1y", end_date="+1w")
...
datetime.date(2026, 4, 19)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 18)
datetime.date(2025, 11, 12)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 13)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 16)

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, 10)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 10)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 10)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 10)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 10)

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, 8, 29)
datetime.date(2012, 10, 12)
datetime.date(1993, 9, 27)
datetime.date(1984, 8, 12)
datetime.date(1998, 11, 9)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_object(end_datetime='+1w')
...
datetime.date(2017, 9, 4)
datetime.date(2012, 10, 17)
datetime.date(1993, 9, 29)
datetime.date(1984, 8, 14)
datetime.date(1998, 11, 13)

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, 5, 23)
datetime.date(1998, 5, 12)
datetime.date(1959, 3, 24)
datetime.date(1940, 6, 22)
datetime.date(1969, 9, 30)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_of_birth(minimum_age=30, maximum_age=50)
...
datetime.date(1993, 3, 4)
datetime.date(1991, 5, 11)
datetime.date(1984, 4, 9)
datetime.date(1980, 11, 16)
datetime.date(1986, 3, 5)

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, 4, 29)
datetime.date(2020, 1, 15)
datetime.date(2011, 2, 13)
datetime.date(2006, 11, 5)
datetime.date(2013, 7, 8)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_century(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2088, 7, 21)
datetime.date(2082, 3, 12)
datetime.date(2057, 5, 17)
datetime.date(2045, 6, 26)
datetime.date(2064, 1, 18)

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, 9)
datetime.date(2024, 11, 17)
datetime.date(2022, 9, 16)
datetime.date(2021, 8, 31)
datetime.date(2023, 4, 17)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_decade(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2029, 6, 12)
datetime.date(2029, 2, 20)
datetime.date(2027, 12, 9)
datetime.date(2027, 5, 12)
datetime.date(2028, 4, 5)

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, 8)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 7)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 4)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 3)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 5)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_month(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2026, 6, 27)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 25)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 18)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 15)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 20)

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, 16)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 9)
datetime.date(2026, 2, 11)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 23)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_year(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2026, 11, 30)
datetime.date(2026, 11, 12)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 4)
datetime.date(2026, 8, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 22)

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, 8, 29, 15, 33, 30, 343600)
datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 12, 3, 11, 22, 122284)
datetime.datetime(1993, 9, 27, 0, 42, 7, 46757)
datetime.datetime(1984, 8, 12, 12, 51, 18, 482465)
datetime.datetime(1998, 11, 9, 20, 42, 31, 797158)

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, 4, 30, 18, 8, 25, 813454)
datetime.datetime(1536, 3, 12, 3, 17, 36, 5653)
datetime.datetime(852, 11, 4, 3, 4, 59, 90752)
datetime.datetime(525, 6, 3, 14, 57, 59, 452316)
datetime.datetime(1036, 7, 23, 5, 8, 12, 789360)

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, 10, 4, 6, 12, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 7, 17, 30, 58, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 21, 23, 0, 39, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2004, 3, 17, 16, 11, 15, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 12, 19, 28, 11, 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, 10, 20, 55, 29)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 10, 20, 55, 29)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 10, 20, 55, 29)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 10, 20, 55, 29)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 10, 20, 55, 29)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='-30y', datetime_end='now')
...
datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 10, 4, 6, 12, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 7, 17, 30, 58, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 21, 23, 0, 39, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2004, 3, 17, 16, 11, 15, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 12, 19, 28, 11, 171082)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='now', datetime_end='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2027, 4, 15, 6, 55, 26, 441207)
datetime.datetime(2027, 3, 14, 16, 58, 15, 993625)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 11, 11, 33, 15, 345382)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 13, 10, 31, 36, 534973)
datetime.datetime(2026, 12, 14, 14, 38, 10, 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, 4, 30, 7, 37, 58, 716980)
datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 16, 5, 26, 9, 765624)
datetime.datetime(2011, 2, 13, 19, 50, 4, 162224)
datetime.datetime(2006, 11, 5, 14, 2, 6, 514721)
datetime.datetime(2013, 7, 8, 19, 49, 4, 453261)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_century(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2088, 7, 22, 1, 29, 12, 451706)
datetime.datetime(2082, 3, 12, 22, 19, 5, 857265)
datetime.datetime(2057, 5, 18, 10, 8, 16, 760523)
datetime.datetime(2045, 6, 27, 5, 18, 46, 389801)
datetime.datetime(2064, 1, 19, 8, 31, 39, 252939)

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, 9, 19, 35, 38, 283243)
datetime.datetime(2024, 11, 18, 8, 52, 12, 441046)
datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 16, 13, 13, 29, 777675)
datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 1, 4, 45, 1, 733817)
datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 17, 23, 8, 1, 512021)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_decade(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2029, 6, 12, 17, 28, 59, 957612)
datetime.datetime(2029, 2, 20, 7, 25, 58, 851450)
datetime.datetime(2027, 12, 9, 16, 3, 5, 106892)
datetime.datetime(2027, 5, 13, 11, 55, 24, 860248)
datetime.datetime(2028, 4, 5, 14, 16, 6, 26562)

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, 9, 8, 3, 51, 885399)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 8, 11, 34, 41, 290946)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 5, 3, 38, 37, 697866)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 3, 13, 20, 37, 604911)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 6, 1, 8, 1, 36822)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_month(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 27, 20, 50, 38, 553754)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 26, 3, 4, 25, 521476)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 19, 8, 5, 32, 839647)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 16, 2, 0, 3, 611849)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 21, 3, 54, 32, 40965)

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, 16, 20, 14, 57, 129136)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 2, 22, 24, 17, 613466)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 9, 15, 47, 42, 770018)
datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 11, 15, 39, 29, 95933)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 24, 5, 59, 35, 561686)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_year(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 30, 5, 48, 39, 380558)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 12, 14, 12, 1, 437660)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 4, 17, 20, 11, 603064)
datetime.datetime(2026, 8, 2, 17, 22, 38, 541306)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 23, 5, 41, 53, 51395)

day_of_month() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.day_of_month()
...
'29'
'12'
'27'
'12'
'09'

day_of_week() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.day_of_week()
...
'Tuesday'
'Friday'
'Monday'
'Sunday'
'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, 5)
datetime.date(2026, 7, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 18)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 25)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_date(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.date(2027, 4, 14)
datetime.date(2027, 3, 13)
datetime.date(2026, 11, 11)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 13)
datetime.date(2026, 12, 14)

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, 6, 4, 54, 30, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2026, 7, 3, 14, 39, 7, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 23, 11, 44, 11, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 18, 15, 20, 41, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 26, 5, 2, 33, 566513)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_datetime(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2027, 4, 15, 6, 55, 26, 596785)
datetime.datetime(2027, 3, 14, 16, 58, 16, 235670)
datetime.datetime(2026, 11, 11, 11, 33, 15, 924810)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 13, 10, 31, 37, 276056)
datetime.datetime(2026, 12, 14, 14, 38, 10, 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()
...
'2017-08-29T15:33:30.343600'
'2012-10-12T03:11:22.122284'
'1993-09-27T00:42:07.046757'
'1984-08-12T12:51:18.482465'
'1998-11-09T20:42:31.797158'

month() → str¶

Examples:

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

month_name() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.month_name()
...
'August'
'October'
'September'
'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, 4)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 1)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 23)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 18)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 25)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.past_date(start_date='-1y')
...
datetime.date(2026, 4, 13)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 12)
datetime.date(2025, 11, 9)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 11)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 12)

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, 6, 4, 54, 29, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 3, 14, 39, 6, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 24, 11, 44, 10, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 19, 15, 20, 40, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 27, 5, 2, 32, 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()
...
'15:33:30'
'03:11:22'
'00:42:07'
'12:51:18'
'20:42:31'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time(pattern='%I:%M %p')
...
'03:33 PM'
'03:11 AM'
'12:42 AM'
'12:51 PM'
'08:42 PM'

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(15, 33, 30, 343600)
datetime.time(3, 11, 22, 122284)
datetime.time(0, 42, 7, 46757)
datetime.time(12, 51, 18, 482465)
datetime.time(20, 42, 31, 797158)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_object(end_datetime='+1h')
...
datetime.time(16, 24, 10, 262265)
datetime.time(3, 56, 50, 758134)
datetime.time(1, 7, 21, 104448)
datetime.time(13, 6, 50, 582766)
datetime.time(21, 13, 12, 386155)

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 0x7c56e2921850>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7c56e2921850>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7c56e2921850>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7c56e2921850>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7c56e2921850>

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()
...
1504020810.3435998
1350011482.1222837
749090527.0467566
461163078.4824651
910644151.7971576

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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