`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'
'AM'
'PM'
'AM'
'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()
...
'2017-04-10'
'2012-06-07'
'1993-07-18'
'1984-06-30'
'1998-08-16'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(pattern='%m/%d/%Y')
...
'04/10/2017'
'06/07/2012'
'07/18/1993'
'06/30/1984'
'08/16/1998'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date(end_datetime='+1w')
...
'2017-04-15'
'2012-06-12'
'1993-07-21'
'1984-07-01'
'1998-08-19'

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, 4, 25)
datetime.date(2018, 9, 20)
datetime.date(2008, 8, 6)
datetime.date(2003, 10, 1)
datetime.date(2011, 4, 27)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date='-1w')
...
datetime.date(2025, 12, 23)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 23)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 20)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 19)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 21)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_between(start_date="-1y", end_date="+1w")
...
datetime.date(2025, 11, 3)
datetime.date(2025, 10, 2)
datetime.date(2025, 5, 29)
datetime.date(2025, 3, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 7, 2)

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(2025, 12, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 25)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 25)

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, 4, 10)
datetime.date(2012, 6, 7)
datetime.date(1993, 7, 18)
datetime.date(1984, 6, 30)
datetime.date(1998, 8, 16)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_object(end_datetime='+1w')
...
datetime.date(2017, 4, 15)
datetime.date(2012, 6, 12)
datetime.date(1993, 7, 21)
datetime.date(1984, 7, 1)
datetime.date(1998, 8, 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(2007, 12, 8)
datetime.date(1997, 11, 26)
datetime.date(1958, 10, 8)
datetime.date(1940, 1, 7)
datetime.date(1969, 4, 16)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_of_birth(minimum_age=30, maximum_age=50)
...
datetime.date(1992, 9, 17)
datetime.date(1990, 11, 24)
datetime.date(1983, 10, 24)
datetime.date(1980, 6, 1)
datetime.date(1985, 9, 19)

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(2021, 12, 9)
datetime.date(2019, 9, 10)
datetime.date(2010, 12, 5)
datetime.date(2006, 9, 23)
datetime.date(2013, 4, 13)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_century(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2088, 6, 25)
datetime.date(2082, 1, 31)
datetime.date(2057, 2, 10)
datetime.date(2045, 2, 22)
datetime.date(2063, 10, 29)

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, 1, 19)
datetime.date(2024, 7, 14)
datetime.date(2022, 7, 7)
datetime.date(2021, 7, 19)
datetime.date(2023, 1, 22)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_decade(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2029, 5, 17)
datetime.date(2029, 1, 10)
datetime.date(2027, 9, 3)
datetime.date(2027, 1, 9)
datetime.date(2028, 1, 14)

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(2025, 12, 21)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 19)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 11)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 7)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 13)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_month(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2025, 12, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 27)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 26)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 28)

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(2025, 10, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 29)
datetime.date(2025, 5, 31)
datetime.date(2025, 4, 3)
datetime.date(2025, 7, 3)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_this_year(before_today=False, after_today=True)
...
datetime.date(2025, 12, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 30)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 27)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 26)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 28)

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, 4, 10, 2, 4, 20, 566417)
datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 7, 1, 36, 2, 62654)
datetime.datetime(1993, 7, 18, 12, 33, 17, 97369)
datetime.datetime(1984, 6, 30, 3, 7, 2, 892104)
datetime.datetime(1998, 8, 16, 3, 37, 20, 644043)

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(1710, 12, 10, 4, 39, 16, 36270)
datetime.datetime(1535, 11, 6, 1, 42, 15, 946022)
datetime.datetime(852, 8, 25, 14, 56, 9, 141365)
datetime.datetime(525, 4, 21, 5, 13, 43, 861954)
datetime.datetime(1036, 4, 28, 12, 3, 1, 636246)

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, 4, 25, 12, 39, 25, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 21, 2, 4, 11, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2008, 8, 7, 7, 33, 52, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2003, 10, 2, 0, 44, 28, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 4, 28, 4, 1, 24, 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(2025, 12, 25, 5, 28, 42)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 25, 5, 28, 42)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 25, 5, 28, 42)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 25, 5, 28, 42)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 25, 5, 28, 42)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='-30y', datetime_end='now')
...
datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 25, 12, 39, 25, 236214)
datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 21, 2, 4, 11, 808743)
datetime.datetime(2008, 8, 7, 7, 33, 52, 361449)
datetime.datetime(2003, 10, 2, 0, 44, 28, 49189)
datetime.datetime(2011, 4, 28, 4, 1, 24, 171082)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_between_dates(datetime_start='now', datetime_end='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 10, 29, 15, 28, 39, 441207)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 28, 1, 31, 28, 993625)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 27, 20, 6, 28, 345382)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 29, 19, 4, 49, 534973)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 29, 23, 11, 23, 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(2021, 12, 9, 18, 8, 48, 939798)
datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 11, 3, 50, 49, 705995)
datetime.datetime(2010, 12, 5, 7, 41, 14, 212837)
datetime.datetime(2006, 9, 23, 4, 17, 50, 924361)
datetime.datetime(2013, 4, 14, 2, 43, 53, 300146)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_century(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2088, 6, 25, 23, 31, 35, 228889)
datetime.datetime(2082, 1, 31, 8, 27, 38, 916894)
datetime.datetime(2057, 2, 10, 6, 50, 19, 709910)
datetime.datetime(2045, 2, 22, 23, 36, 14, 980162)
datetime.datetime(2063, 10, 29, 10, 10, 3, 406054)

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, 1, 19, 6, 6, 28, 506060)
datetime.datetime(2024, 7, 14, 7, 16, 52, 381417)
datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 8, 1, 4, 39, 828287)
datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 19, 19, 0, 46, 143456)
datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 22, 6, 2, 50, 358906)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_decade(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2029, 5, 17, 15, 31, 22, 734794)
datetime.datetime(2029, 1, 10, 17, 34, 31, 911079)
datetime.datetime(2027, 9, 3, 12, 45, 8, 56279)
datetime.datetime(2027, 1, 9, 6, 12, 53, 450609)
datetime.datetime(2028, 1, 14, 15, 54, 30, 179677)

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(2025, 12, 21, 11, 0, 46, 839078)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 19, 8, 44, 2, 626672)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 11, 4, 33, 11, 742728)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 7, 6, 33, 16, 129557)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 13, 9, 17, 42, 622285)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_month(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 30, 22, 42, 54, 648046)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 30, 8, 39, 44, 446163)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 28, 1, 49, 49, 179369)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 26, 23, 33, 28, 494428)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 28, 16, 34, 17, 591429)

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(2025, 10, 30, 11, 53, 54, 861647)
datetime.datetime(2025, 9, 29, 12, 29, 47, 604962)
datetime.datetime(2025, 5, 31, 15, 51, 18, 193712)
datetime.datetime(2025, 4, 3, 18, 1, 52, 142811)
datetime.datetime(2025, 7, 3, 3, 40, 24, 21652)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.date_time_this_year(before_now=False, after_now=True)
...
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 30, 22, 42, 54, 648046)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 30, 8, 39, 44, 446163)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 28, 1, 49, 49, 179369)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 26, 23, 33, 28, 494428)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 28, 16, 34, 17, 591429)

day_of_month() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.day_of_month()
...
'10'
'07'
'18'
'30'
'16'

day_of_week() → str¶

Examples:

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

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, 1, 19)
datetime.date(2026, 1, 16)
datetime.date(2026, 1, 7)
datetime.date(2026, 1, 2)
datetime.date(2026, 1, 9)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_date(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.date(2026, 10, 29)
datetime.date(2026, 9, 27)
datetime.date(2026, 5, 28)
datetime.date(2026, 3, 30)
datetime.date(2026, 6, 30)

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, 1, 19, 13, 27, 43, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 16, 23, 12, 20, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 6, 20, 17, 24, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 1, 23, 53, 54, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 9, 13, 35, 46, 566513)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.future_datetime(end_date='+1y')
...
datetime.datetime(2026, 10, 29, 15, 28, 39, 596785)
datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 28, 1, 31, 29, 235670)
datetime.datetime(2026, 5, 27, 20, 6, 28, 924810)
datetime.datetime(2026, 3, 29, 19, 4, 50, 276056)
datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 29, 23, 11, 23, 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()
...
'2017-04-10T02:04:20.566417'
'2012-06-07T01:36:02.062654'
'1993-07-18T12:33:17.097369'
'1984-06-30T03:07:02.892104'
'1998-08-16T03:37:20.644043'

month() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.month()
...
'04'
'06'
'07'
'06'
'08'

month_name() → str¶

Examples:

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.month_name()
...
'April'
'June'
'July'
'June'
'August'

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(2025, 12, 19)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 16)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 7)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 2)
datetime.date(2025, 12, 9)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.past_date(start_date='-1y')
...
datetime.date(2025, 10, 28)
datetime.date(2025, 9, 26)
datetime.date(2025, 5, 26)
datetime.date(2025, 3, 28)
datetime.date(2025, 6, 28)

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(2025, 12, 20, 13, 27, 42, 594731)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 17, 23, 12, 19, 54467)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 7, 20, 17, 23, 116942)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 2, 23, 53, 53, 957843)
datetime.datetime(2025, 12, 10, 13, 35, 45, 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()
...
'02:04:20'
'01:36:02'
'12:33:17'
'03:07:02'
'03:37:20'

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time(pattern='%I:%M %p')
...
'02:04 AM'
'01:36 AM'
'12:33 PM'
'03:07 AM'
'03:37 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(2, 4, 20, 566417)
datetime.time(1, 36, 2, 62654)
datetime.time(12, 33, 17, 97369)
datetime.time(3, 7, 2, 892104)
datetime.time(3, 37, 20, 644043)

>>> Faker.seed(0)
>>> for _ in range(5):
...     fake.time_object(end_datetime='+1h')
...
datetime.time(2, 55, 0, 485083)
datetime.time(2, 21, 30, 698505)
datetime.time(12, 58, 31, 155060)
datetime.time(3, 22, 34, 992405)
datetime.time(4, 8, 1, 233040)

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 0x7d65fc302d40>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7d65fc302d40>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7d65fc302d40>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7d65fc302d40>
<generator object Provider.time_series at 0x7d65fc302d40>

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()
...
1491789860.5664175
1339032962.0626543
742998797.0973692
457412822.89210445
903238640.6440431

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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