Generate a Fake POSIXct Column — generate_fake_posixct

Create synthetic timestamps either by mimicking an existing POSIXct vector (using its range and NA rate) or by sampling uniformly between start and end.

Usage

generate_fake_posixct_column(
  like = NULL,
  n = NULL,
  start = NULL,
  end = NULL,
  tz = "UTC",
  na_prop = NULL
)

Arguments

like: Optional POSIXct vector to mimic. If supplied, n defaults to length(like), the output range matches range(like, na.rm = TRUE), and the NA rate is copied unless you override with na_prop.
n: Number of rows to generate. Required when like is NULL.
start, end: Optional POSIXct bounds to sample between when like is NULL.
tz: Timezone to use if like has no tzone (default "UTC").
na_prop: Optional NA proportion to enforce in the output (0–1). If NULL and like is provided, it copies the NA rate from like. If like is NULL, defaults to 0.

Value

A POSIXct vector of length n.