Random Date Generator

Seed

The same seed always gives the same dates.

From

How many dates

Result

Date2026-07-15 — Wednesday
All the dates2026-07-15 — Wednesday
Days in the range365
That in years1
How many drawn1
What mattersDates are drawn independently, so a list can repeat one — exactly as a genuinely random draw would.

A date, and the weekday that comes with it

Picks a random date between two dates and shows the day of the week and the length of the range.

Picking a date at random comes up more often than it sounds: choosing a day for a draw, scheduling something deliberately arbitrary, or generating test data that spans a year.

The day of the week matters as much as the date, so it is given alongside. A random date that lands on a Sunday is not much use for a working meeting.

What this calculator shows

One or several dates with their weekdays
The number of days in the range
The range expressed in years

What to keep in mind

Both endpoints are included in the range.
Dates are drawn independently, so a list of several can repeat one — which is what a genuinely random draw does.

FAQs

Can the same date come up twice?

Yes, if you draw several. Each is picked independently, exactly as rolling a die twice can give the same face twice.

Are the endpoints included?

Both of them. The range from 1 to 31 January is 31 days, not 30.

Can I exclude weekends?

Not directly here. Draw a date and take the next working day, or use the business days calculator to shift it.

Why the seed?

So a draw can be verified. If a date decides something between people, everyone needs to be able to check that it was not re-rolled.

Worked example

A date in 2026

Input: seed "unitools", 1 January to 31 December 2026, 3 dates

Output: 15 July 2026, a Wednesday

Note: The range is 365 days. Because the draws are independent, three dates out of 365 have about a one percent chance of containing a repeat.

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