How do I generate a random time interval and add it to a mysql datetime using php?

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Published on 2011-01-15T06:11:24Z Indexed on 2011/01/15 6:53 UTC
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I have many rows in mysql table with datetime's in the format of:

2008-12-08 04:16:51 etc

I'd like to generate a random time interval of anywhere between 30 seconds, and 3 days and add them to the time above.

a) how do I generate a random time between 30 and 3 days?

b) how do I add this time to the date time format above?

I imagine i need to do a loop to pull out all the info, do the math in php, and then update the row...

Any ideas?

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