Twitter - Time Zone of the Tweeet

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What is the time zone used for tweets in Twitter API?

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '12 at 14:38

The created_at field for a tweet in the Twitter REST API gives the timestamp in UTC.

If a user has configured their timezone with Twitter, the utc_offset field gives you the difference in seconds between their timezone and UTC. So,

"utc_offset":-28800

corresponds to -28800/3600 = -8 hours from UTC.

There are a couple of suggestions that this doesn't get adjusted for daylight savings.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '11 at 05:16

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The timezone of each tweet is automatically converted to the local timezone. If you need UTC, you can use the .ToUniversalTime() method, for example:
myTweet.CreatedDate.ToUniversalTime();

answered Jan 23 '11 at 05:16

Ricky Smith

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Thank you Rick. This is useful. – MNVR Jan 26 '11 at 17:17
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Note that these days, the REST API returns created_at in UTC – s29 Feb 24 '14 at 00:17
I believe that's always been the case. It is .NET that converts the date to local time. – Ricky Smith Feb 25 '14 at 13:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 14 '10 at 19:25

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Time zone is in the user settings under delivery options.

answered Dec 14 '10 at 19:25

iivel

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 14 '21 at 19:08

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Unfortunately, I think It is impossible. Twitter does not store any information related to local timezone. I found that user.utc_offset are always null.

answered May 14 '21 at 19:08

Slef Ved

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Twitter - Time Zone of the Tweeet

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