date

past([maxYears, refDate])

Return date sometime in the past.

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Param	Type	Default
maxYears	number	1
refDate	Date	new Date()

faker.date.past(); 
// Sat Oct 20 2018 04:19:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

faker.date.past(100);
// Tue Jul 27 1971 21:08:49 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

faker.date.past(100, new Date(-3000)); 
// Wed Dec 07 1881 05:04:18 GMT-0752 (Pacific Standard Time)

future([years, refDate])

Return date sometime in the future.

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Param	Type	Default
years	number	1
refDate	Date	new Date()

faker.date.future();
 // Mon Sep 02 2019 21:08:33 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

faker.date.future(100);
 // Fri Nov 23 2068 10:43:15 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

faker.date.future(100, new Date(-3000));
 // Mon Jun 26 2051 01:50:51 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

between(from, to)

Return date sometime in the future.

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Param	Type	Default
from	Date	N/A
to	Date	N/A

faker.date.between(new Date(0), new Date(365 * 24 * 3600 * 1000));
 // Mon Oct 19 1970 14:12:01 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

recent([days, refDate]) 5.0.0+

Returns some date recent date

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Param	Type	Default
days	number	1
refDate	Date	new Date()

faker.date.recent();

soon([days, refDate]) 5.0.0+

Return date sometime soon.

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Param	Type	Default
days	number	1
refDate	Date	new Date()

faker.date.soon();

month([options])

Return random month name

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Param	Type	Default
option	object	{abbr: false, context: false}

faker.date.month();
// December

faker.date.month({abbr: true});
// Dec

weekday([options])

Return random weekday name

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Param	Type	Default
option	object	{abbr: false, context: false}

faker.date.weekday();
 // Sunday

faker.date.weekday({abbr: true});
 // Sun