Issue 1114: new datatypes module

Current status:
- moved tests with seeding problem back to random.unit
- implemented date method
- added datatype module to seed funtion
- added tests for date method

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/datatype.js b/lib/datatype.js
index fba728ab..b7526907 100644
--- a/lib/datatype.js
+++ b/lib/datatype.js
@@ -84,8 +84,26 @@ function Datatype (faker, seed) {
      *

      * @method faker.datatype.date

      */

-    this.date = function () {

-        var random = faker.datatype.number({ min: 0, max: 8600000000000000 });

+    this.date = function (options) {

+        if (typeof options === "number") {

+            options = {

+                max: options

+            };

+        }

+

+        var minMax = 8640000000000000;

+

+        options = options || {};

+

+        if (typeof options.min === "undefined" || options.min < minMax*-1) {

+            options.min = new Date().setFullYear(1990, 1, 1);

+        }

+

+        if (typeof options.max === "undefined" || options.max > minMax) {

+            options.max = new Date().setFullYear(2100,1,1);

+        }

+

+        var random = faker.datatype.number(options);

         return new Date(random);

     };

 

diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 1f2ab0c5..cd1bede3 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ Faker.prototype.setLocale = function (locale) {
 
 Faker.prototype.seed = function(value) {
   var Random = require('./random');
+  var Datatype = require('./datatype');
   this.seedValue = value;
   this.random = new Random(this, this.seedValue);
+  this.datatype = new Datatype(this, this.seedValue);
 }
 module['exports'] = Faker;