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Describe the bug

When creating a random date without a refDate and with a seed, the time of the date still changes randomly.

Minimal reproduction code

import { base, de, en, Faker } from "@faker-js/faker";

const faker1 = new Faker({ locale: [de, en, base], seed: 1 });
const faker2 = new Faker({ locale: [de, en, base], seed: 1 });

console.log(faker1.date.past());
setTimeout(() => console.log(faker2.date.past()), 1_000);
// Times of dates will be different by roughly one second

Additional Context

This is I think because past just gets the time from refDate which is set to now by default:

Environment Info

System:
    OS: macOS 15.4.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Max
    Memory: 10.81 GB / 64.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.15.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.15.0/bin/node
    npm: 10.9.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.15.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 10.8.1 - ~/Library/pnpm/pnpm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 136.0.7103.114

Which module system do you use?

• CJS
• ESM

Used Package Manager

pnpm