CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python-3.x
Blackhat
Blackhat

Reputation: 79

Execute script at random times per day

I have a script which perform several things when executed, it accepts --start_date=SOMEDATE, --end_date=SOMEDATE, and --actions=200.

For example:

python3 myscript --start_date=2019-02-12 --end_date=2020-02-01 --actions=100

Which means it has to make 100 actions between the start_date and end_date. Is there a way to calculate the times?

Here is the logic I'm considering:

There are 31 days between the start and end dates, so maybe actions // (end_date - start_date) gives me the number of actions per day, but how can I make those actions per day completely random within the day?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 80

Answers (1)

Viktor Velev
Viktor Velev

Reputation: 176

What I would do is get the unix timestamps. Do

upper_bound = timestamp_end - timestamp_start

Where the timestamp_start and timestamp_end are the start and end dates. Then generate N random numbers between 0 and upperbound. Afterwards just execute the script at timestamp_start + random_number

Upvotes: 2

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