sql - Distinct random time generation in the fixed interval

Question

I'm trying to generate a random time between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM for each row that is selected from a data set, however, I always get the same random value for each row – I want it to be different for each row.

Table schema & data:

╔══════╦════════════════╗
║  ID  ║  CREATED_DATE  ║
╠══════╬════════════════╣
║ ID/1 ║   26/04/2014   ║
║ ID/2 ║   26/04/2014   ║
║ ID/3 ║   26/04/2014   ║
║ ID/4 ║   26/04/2014   ║
║ ID/5 ║   26/04/2014   ║
╚══════╩════════════════╝

Сurrent SQL statement:

SELECT [ID]
     , MyFunction.dbo.AddWorkDays(14, [CREATED_DATE]) AS [New Date]
     , CONVERT(VARCHAR, DATEADD(MILLISECOND, CAST(43200000 * RAND() AS INT), CONVERT(TIME, '08:00')), 114) AS [New Time]
FROM [RandomTable]

Current results (same time for each row in the [New Time] column):

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║  ID  ║    New Date    ║    New Time    ║
╠══════╬════════════════╬════════════════╣
║ ID/1 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
║ ID/2 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
║ ID/3 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
║ ID/4 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
║ ID/5 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
╚══════╩════════════════╩════════════════╝

Desired results (different time for each row in the [New Time] column):

╔══════╦════════════════╦════════════════╗
║  ID  ║    New Date    ║    New Time    ║
╠══════╬════════════════╬════════════════╣
║ ID/1 ║   10/05/2014   ║    09:41:43    ║
║ ID/2 ║   10/05/2014   ║    15:05:23    ║
║ ID/3 ║   10/05/2014   ║    10:01:05    ║
║ ID/4 ║   10/05/2014   ║    19:32:45    ║
║ ID/5 ║   10/05/2014   ║    08:43:15    ║
╚══════╩════════════════╩════════════════╝

Any ideas on how to fix this? All of the above is just sample data – my real table has around 2800 records (not sure if that will make a difference to anyone's suggestions).

Answer 1

The issue OP had while using just rand() is due to it's evaluation once per query.

From the documentation:

If seed is not specified, the SQL Server Database Engine assigns a seed value at random. For a specified seed value, the result returned is always the same.

Approach that is described below removes optimization and suppresses this behavior, so rand() is evaluated once per row:

dateadd( second
       , rand(cast(newid() as varbinary)) * 43200
       , cast('08:00:00' as time) )

• newid() generates unique value of type uniqueidentifier;
• the value is converted with cast to be used as seed in rand([seed]) function to generate a pseudo-random float value from 0 through 1, and as seed is always unique the returning value is unique too .

SQLFiddle