Generate random date between two dates and times in Javascript

Question

I want to generate a random date between two dates and between two times in javascript. For instance I want to generate a random date (between 8 am and 6 pm) between today a

Answer 1

You can use JS ability to convert a Date to an integer timestamp

Here is a simple working JSfiddle:

function randomTime(start, end) {
    var diff =  end.getTime() - start.getTime();
    var new_diff = diff * Math.random();
    var date = new Date(start.getTime() + new_diff);
    return date;
}