Elegant method to generate array of random dates within two dates

Maybe I am missing something, but isn't this it?

function randomDate(start, end) {
  return new Date(start.getTime() + Math.random() * (end.getTime() - start.getTime()));
}

const d = randomDate(new Date(2012, 0, 1), new Date());
console.log(d);

new Date(+(new Date()) - Math.floor(Math.random()*10000000000))

Using Moment.js && @Demven Weir's answer to get a string value like "03/02/1975".

moment(new Date(+(new Date()) - Math.floor(Math.random()*10000000000)))
.format('MM/DD/YYYY');

NOTE: Keep adding a zero at a time to increase the span of years produced.

You can convert the boundary dates to integers (Date.getTime()) and then use Math.random() to generate your random dates within given boundaries. Then go back to Date objects with Date.setTime().

Elegant method to generate array of random dates within two dates

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