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Generate Random Dates in Excel

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How to generate random dates in Excel.

This tip shows you how to set a date range and then generate any date between those two ranges.

This combines the use of one of the random functions along with the DATE() function.

=DATE(RANDBETWEEN(2000,2022),RANDBETWEEN(1,12),RANDBETWEEN(1,31))

 

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Excel Function: DATE(), RANDBETWEEN()
Excel Version: Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, Excel 365
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Excel Function: DATE(), RANDBETWEEN()
Excel Version: Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, Excel 365
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