Randomly Freeze System Time to Specified Datetime

This function uses the freezegun library to freeze the system time to a specified datetime. The time is randomly selected from the current time and a future date.

Technology Stack : Freezegun, datetime, time

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
from freezegun import freeze_time
import datetime
import time

def random_freeze_time(arg1, arg2):
    """
    This function uses the freezegun library to freeze the system time to a specified datetime.
    The time is randomly selected from the current time and a future date.
    """
    if not isinstance(arg1, datetime.datetime):
        raise ValueError("arg1 must be a datetime object")
    if not isinstance(arg2, datetime.datetime):
        raise ValueError("arg2 must be a datetime object")
    if arg1 > arg2:
        raise ValueError("arg1 must be earlier than or equal to arg2")

    frozen_time = random.choice([arg1, arg2])
    with freeze_time(frozen_time):
        # Simulate some time-related operations
        time.sleep(1)  # This will pause the execution for 1 second
        current_time = time.time()
        print("Frozen time:", frozen_time)
        print("Current time after pause:", datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(current_time))

        return frozen_time

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