Generate a random LocalDate with java.time

Question

I\'m writing some code to populate a MySQL database with random data for testing purposes. I need to populate a DATE column with random dates from 1970-2015.

Answer 1

Try something like this.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    LocalDate start = LocalDate.of(1970, Month.JANUARY, 1);
    long days = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(start, LocalDate.now());
    LocalDate randomDate = start.plusDays(new Random().nextInt((int) days + 1));
    System.out.println(randomDate);
}