tweepy wrapper to search twitter between datetime

searchtime.py

import tweepy
import datetime
import time

def time_search(*args, **kwargs):

  begin = kwargs['begin']
	end = kwargs['end']

	start_time = begin
	end_time = end

	# kwargs['since'] = start_time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
	kwargs['until'] = (end_time + datetime.timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') 
	kwargs['rpp'] = 100

	results = []

	api = tweepy.API()

	finished = False
	max_id = 0

	while not finished:

		if len(results) > 0:
			kwargs['max_id'] = results[len(results) - 1 ].id

			if kwargs.has_key("until"):
				del kwargs["until"]

		Cursor = tweepy.Cursor(api.search, *args, **kwargs)

		try:

			for page in Cursor.pages():

				for result in page:

					print "created: %s, start: %s" % (result.created_at, start_time)

					if result.created_at > end_time:

						continue

					if result.created_at < start_time:

						finished = True

						break

					results.append(result)

				if finished:

					break
		except:

			# Ran out of pages / api quota?
			pass

	return results