Update Entry Date by Code

[sewid]

Hi there,

I am looking for a way to randomize the Entry dates from a collection (a "blog" collection containing posts").

What I tried so far:

foreach (Entry::whereCollection('blog')->all() as $entry) {
    $entry->date = Carbon::today()->subDays(rand(0, 365));
    $entry->save();
}

and

foreach (Entry::whereCollection('blog')->all() as $entry) {
    $entry->set('date', Carbon::today()->subDays(rand(0, 365)));
    $entry->save();
}

But it seems, I cannot update the post date. Only the field 'date' is being updated, but not the filename containing the date. Can somebody please help me how to randomize the post dates?

Thanks!
Sebastian

[duncanmcclean]

You can do $entry->date(Carbon::today()->subDays(rand(0, 365))))

[sewid]

Great, this is working - thanks a lot!

[duncanmcclean]

No worries!