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warborn/random_hour.py

Created May 8, 2018 17:56
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Random Hour Generator
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random_hour.py
def random_hour(start, end, hour_format="%H:%M"):
start_date = datetime.strptime(
'2018-01-01 {}'.format(start), '%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p'
)
end_date = datetime.strptime(
'2018-01-01 {}'.format(end), '%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p'
)
delta = end_date - start_date
int_delta = (delta.days * 24 * 60 * 60) + delta.seconds
random_second = randrange(int_delta)
date = start_date + timedelta(seconds=random_second)
return datetime.strftime(date, hour_format)
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