Generators

date

The same values as Foundation.Date. Only where Foundation exists.

var faker = Faker(seed: 1337, locale: DecoyLocaleEN.locale)
faker.date.past()

Method	Example output
`past(years: Double = 1)`	`2025-07-29 10:07:16 +0000` `2025-08-27 00:56:41 +0000` `2025-11-27 03:22:28 +0000`
`future(years: Double = 1)`	`2026-10-09 12:08:10 +0000` `2026-02-13 00:57:11 +0000` `2026-07-19 19:39:27 +0000`
`recent(days: Int = 1)`	`2025-12-31 02:42:08 +0000` `2025-12-31 05:34:29 +0000` `2025-12-31 21:10:28 +0000`
`soon(days: Int = 1)`	`2026-01-01 17:50:28 +0000` `2026-01-01 10:45:21 +0000` `2026-01-01 12:42:22 +0000`
`between(_ start: Date, _ end: Date)`	needs arguments
`birthdate(minAge: Int = 18, maxAge: Int = 80)`	`1960-07-27 01:33:31 +0000` `1972-10-01 21:24:23 +0000` `1996-12-03 09:53:27 +0000`
`monthName(abbreviated: Bool = false)`	`September` `November` `June`
`weekdayName(abbreviated: Bool = false)`	`Wednesday` `Friday` `Thursday`
`timeZone()`	`Asia/Manila` `Asia/Riyadh` `Europe/Simferopol`
`year(in range: ClosedRange<Int>? = nil)`	`1955` `1988` `1964`
`month()`	`5` `7` `9`
`dayOfMonth()`	`26` `7` `2`
`dayOfWeek()`	`3` `2` `5`
`hour()`	`5` `23` `3`
`minute()`	`52` `41` `56`
`amPm()`	`PM` `AM`
`unix(years: Double = 30)`	`1164549670` `1358519491` `877448296`
`century()`	`VI` `XVII` `XII`

Examples are real output from three different seeds, captured when this page was built, using each method’s default arguments. Where a signature shows parameters, pass your own to change the size, gender, length or format.