Correct way to create random dates with luxon and fakerjs

[fnoquiq]

How to create a random date using luxon and fakerjs in factories?

import Factory from '@ioc:Adonis/Lucid/Factory'
import { DateTime } from 'luxon'

import Holiday from 'App/Models/Holiday'

export default Factory.define(Holiday, ({ faker }) => {
  return {
    date: DateTime.fromObject({ ordinal: faker.random.number(364) + 1 }),
  }
})

This form does not work for leap years. How to make it work for any date?

Note: Adonis v5

[RomainLanz]

Have you tried to directly use ChanceJS date function?

chance.date()
chance.date({ string: true })
chance.date({ string: true, american: false })
chance.date({ year: 1983 })

[thetutlage]

@RomainLanz We are using faker.js instead of ChanceJS. :). I don't have a great answer to it right now. Will get back to this thread.

[fnoquiq]

Can I export many libs from here? If yes, that would be very interesting!

export default Factory.define(Holiday, ({ fakerjs, chancejs, ...others }) => {
  return {}
})

[RomainLanz]

You are in a JavaScript file, you can freely install any packages and require them at the top of your file.

[jjdechavez]

You can achieve using fromJSDate() method from luxon; then pass the faker date on the argument

import factory from '@adonisjs/lucid/factories'
import { DateTime } from 'luxon'

import Holiday from '#models/holiday'

export const HolidayFactory = factory.define(Holiday, ({ faker }) => {
  return {
    date: DateTime.fromJSDate(faker.date.anytime()),
  }
}).build()