WordPress: How to make random posts excluding current and from chosen date

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I need to have 5 random posts on post page (http://7cuteoutfits.com/2015/07/08/suits-rachel-z-office-fashion/) excluding current post. Random posts should be on chosen dates (for example posts from last 2 months until yesterday )
I added a few lines of code to single.php of my wordpress and now have 5 random posts. So I need to modify the code so that it will meet my requirements (above). I think it’s 2 more lines, I’ll be very thankful if you help. 

<ul>
<?php
 $currentID = get_the_ID();
 $args = array(  'posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'rand' );
$rand_posts = get_posts( $args);
foreach ( $rand_posts as $post ) : 
  setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; 
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</ul>
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  1. You can use WP_Query for that.

    global $post;
$args = array(
'post__not_in' => array($post->ID)
'orderby'   => 'rand'
'date_query' => array(
    array(
        'after'     => 'January 1st, 2015',
        'before'    => array(
            'year'  => 2015,
            'month' => 07,
            'day'   => 9,
        ),
        'inclusive' => true,
    ),
),
'posts_per_page' => 5,
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

    This query orders randomly posts between today (inclusive) and Jan. 1st 2015
    I haven’t tested the snippet here, so please let me know if it does not work for you.

    More info on WP_query and its usage (also for date parameters) here

    Once you query with WP_Query, you have to 

    wp_reset_postdata();

    just as you are already doing.

    EDIT:

    To show the post content, you can call 

    the_content()

    to print it directly, or 

    get_the_content()

    to get it as a return value. Then you can handle the printing later with the HTML markup you desire.

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