Excel random date

Should you need to get random dates in Excel, here’s how to do it:

1. Format the cells you are going to put the random dates in as “date”.
2. To pick a random date, use the formulas RANDBETWEEN() or RAND() with specific parameters. The best way to generate dates is by subtracting random values from TODAY()

Random date in last 30 days:

=TODAY() – RANDBETWEEN(0;30)

or

=TODAY() – RAND()*30

Random date in the next 30 days:

=TODAY() + RANDBETWEEN(0;30)

or

=TODAY() + RAND()*30

Random date in the last 365 days:

=TODAY() – RANDBETWEEN(0;365)

or

=TODAY() – RAND()*365

Replace the 365 with whatever number of days you will need your random date to begin from.