Generate a random date between given start and end dates

Solution

import random
import time
def getRandomDate(startDate, endDate ):
    print("Printing random date between", startDate, " and ", endDate)
    randomGenerator = random.random()
    dateFormat = '%m/%d/%Y'
    startTime = time.mktime(time.strptime(startDate, dateFormat))
    endTime = time.mktime(time.strptime(endDate, dateFormat))
    randomTime = startTime + randomGenerator * (endTime - startTime)
    randomDate = time.strftime(dateFormat, time.localtime(randomTime))
    return randomDate
print ("Random Date = ", getRandomDate("1/1/2016", "12/12/2018"))