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

Here is a good one if you just want simple dates such as: ('12/13/2013', '01/26/2011')

function randomDate(date1, date2){
    function randomValueBetween(min, max) {
      return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
    }
    var date1 = date1 || '01-01-1970'
    var date2 = date2 || new Date().toLocaleDateString()
    date1 = new Date(date1).getTime()
    date2 = new Date(date2).getTime()
    if( date1>date2){
        return new Date(randomValueBetween(date2,date1)).toLocaleDateString()   
    } else{
        return new Date(randomValueBetween(date1, date2)).toLocaleDateString()  

    }
}

randomDate('02/13/2013', '01/01/2000')
"1/31/2009"
randomDate()
"6/14/2001"